Human and machine-readable harmonica tabs + tools.
About
“Harmonica” is a small and very loud musical instrument.
“Harmonica tab” is a very simplified type of sheet music.
There is no strict standard for harmonica tabs.
Using .yaml to write harmonica tabs allows to avoid quite a lot of headaches.
Benefits
- It is easy to convert
.yamlharmonica tab into beautiful pdf/image/any other document with any desired note labels, typesetting. - It is easy to distinguish between playable notes, lyrics, metadata.
- It is possible to programmatically shift all notes several keys up/down.
- It is possible to programmatically transpose the melody to fit any other harmonica.
- It is possible to programmatically estimate song difficulty and any other custom parameters.
- It is still human readable and portable enough.
Project Parts
| Item | Link |
|---|---|
| Tools for programmatic processing | ✔️GitHub repository (click to open) |
| Actual playable tabs | ✔️GitHub repository (click to open) |
| Prototype renderer | 🚧GitHub repository (click to open, empty at this moment) |
Rationale
Finding and comprehending harmonica tabs is problematic.
Judging tab difficulty is problematic.
Detecting, which harmonica is used, is problematic.
Learning, who wrote the song, is problematic.