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Now fix logic error in makeHornInF.sh. And we get some playable tunes. We might be able to improve the transposition further by taking the Cello approach of calculating the minimum distance outside the comfortable range. One for the future.
author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
date Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:48:21 +0100
parents 811151d3ae73
children 1b79867b4f35
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#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Write out a modified version of a .abc file with just the data
# to print the first line of the music only.
#

import sys

def process(inf):
    continued = False
    print "X:1"
    for line in inf:
        line = line.strip()
        # If it is empty or starts "%", ignore it.
        if len(line) == 0 or line[0] == "%":
            continue

        # Is it a header line? I.e. does it start LETTER COLON?
        # If so, output only ones we need.
        start = line[:2]
        if len(start) > 1 and start[1] == ":" and start[0].isalpha():
            if start[0] in ["M", "K", "L"]:
                print line
        # Output line. If it is a continuation, output at most one
        # continuation.
        else:
            print line
            if continued or line[-1] != "\\":
                break
            else:
                continued = True

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
        try:
            inf = open(arg, "r")
            process(inf)
        finally:
            inf.close()
else:
    process(sys.stdin)