rcjach/piano_textures

Collection of piano textures

piano_textures's Issues

FR: Create a searchable database

Currently there are two paths to get to the actual data:

1. Dive into the source code and traverse through layers of folders, opening files one by one.
2. Go to the wiki for a complete but unorganized list of uploaded pieces, with all images of the piece on its separated page.

The problem with 1 is that, well, it's time consuming.
Path 2 makes it better, but although fine for now, it will be bloated when this project grows into a larger scale.
Also, a simple list doesn't do justice for this project, a list of pieces to the actual sheet music on IMSLP would probably suffice.

The actual value in extracting motives from music, rather than presenting the music itself, is that we can more easily compare and contrast different variations and applications of a simple textual concept.
For that purpose, I think a tagged database would be more fitting, where one can use combination of tags to filter motivic results without knowing a thing about the actual source it came from.

I have added some tags to the header.ily file for each piece that I uploaded, I need a Static Site Generator (SSG) at this point.
I have little experience with Hugo, and I recall it being troublesome in reading external datafile.
My current bet is on Eleventy.
It's JavaScript based, which I have only elementary knowledge of, but it is definitely more flexible.

If that fails, I'll have to fall back to python based ones.

Anyway I just need to spend the time and do the work.

I'll leave this hanging until I get a considerable quantity of entries for the project.

List of music pieces to analyze

This issue function as a list of potential music pieces to extract motives from.

I started with Franz Liszt's Transedente Etudes because it's hard, especially with interlocking motives and numerous layers, which qualifies for making a great test suite when designing the lilypond template.
But the problem is also that, it's hard.
There are too many variations and combinations in each movement, and even though I'm not doing a full analysis of the piece, it's still time consuming just to extract motives and decide what count as a separated textural motif.

Another time sucker is the process of finding pieces to work on, since I definitely haven't listened to enough music.

So feel free to give suggestions.

I'm considering:

• Ravel's Mirror
• Chopin's Etudes, especially no.1 in C major with only two layers.

Maybe I'll start with Bach's Well-Tempered Claviers.