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Ultimate Pitch
Brian Ordona
What’s He Going to Talk About?
Indian music (the very short version).
Demonstration (the long version).
Pearls of wisdom.
Indian Music
Also a 12 tone system.
Note names: Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, Ni,
Sa = Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do.
“Komal” = “b”, “Tivra” = “#”.
All 12 tones: Sa, Komal-Re, Re, Komal-Ga,
Ga, Ma, Tivra-Ma, Pa, Komal-Da, Da, KomalNi, Ni.
Note names are relative to a base tone.
Lists vs. Sequences
List: A collection of mutually exclusive
items.
Sequence: All items, whether duplicated or
not, are necessary and need to be in a
specific order.
Example:
 C, C, G, G, A, A, G, F, F, E, E, D, D, C. – Sequence
 C, D, E, F, G, A. – List
Western Music
C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab, A, Bb, B
C Major Scale
Composition
Composition
C Minor Scale
Composition
Composition
= Lists
Composition
= Sequences
Indian Music
S, r, R, g, G, m, M, P, d, D, n, N
Thaat
Raga
Raga
Raga
Raga
= Lists
Thaat
= Sequences
Raga
Indian Music
S, r, R, g, G, m, M, P, d, D, n, N
Thaat
Raga
Raga
Raga
Raga
Composition
≠ Scales
Thaat
= Scales
(kind of..)
Raga
Composition
Composition
Composition
Composition
Composition
Composition
Thaat: Ragas
 Asavari: Adana, Darbari, Desi, Jaunpuri
 Bhairav: Ahir Bhairav, Bairagi Bhairav, Bhairav, Gunakri,
Jogiya, Nat Bhairav, Kalingada, Vibhas
 Bhairavi: etc…
 Bilaval: …
 Kafi: …
 Kalyan: …
 Khamaj: …
 Marwa: …
 Purvi: …
 Todi: …
 (Misc.): …
Ragas
Aaroha – Ascending sequence
Avaroha – Descending sequence
Demonstration
Before …and After.
Scale Screen: Addition of ragas.
Arpeggio Screen: Stringing a sequence
together.
Composition Screen: Save feature.
Tools Screen: Expanded Tuner.
Configuration Screen: Controlling countoffs and controlling the base frequency.
Conclusion (Just give me my ‘A’!)
Pearls of Wisdom:
JDK v1.4 and import statements.
Swing vs. AWT.
When dealing with sound, use threads!