System for generating and implementing digital music tuning files
A system and method to generate and implement digital tuning files based on p-smooth number sequences for use with a digital musical instrument is provided. A p-smooth number sequence is generated and a subset of p-smooth numbers from the sequence is chosen as a musical octave of musical note frequencies. Each note within the octave is designated as a tonic, and each tonic is used to generate additional musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations. The musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations are stored into the digital memory of the digital musical instrument, and the instrument's native musical note mappings are remapped to the musical octaves and corresponding musical note notations from the digital file.
1 . A method comprising:
(A) receiving information regarding a digital musical instrument, the information including a tuning file type used by the digital musical instrument, and wherein the digital musical instrument includes memory storing a first set of first musical note notations with each first musical note notation within the first set of first musical note notations correlated to a corresponding first musical note frequency;
(B) loading a first digital file into the digital musical instrument memory;
(C) correlating, within the digital musical instrument memory, each first musical note notation within the digital musical instrument's first set of musical note notations with a corresponding third musical note notation and a third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation from the first digital file; and
(D) outputting a visual representation of each of the corresponding third musical note notations, the visual representation including at least one musical staff with seven staff lines and six staff spaces;
wherein the corresponding third musical note notation and the third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation are determined by choosing a subset of a sequence of p-smooth numbers and assigning the subset as a first octave of second musical note frequencies, assigning each second musical note frequency within the first octave of second musical note frequencies a corresponding second musical note notation, assigning each second musical frequency and its corresponding second musical note notation within the octave of second musical note frequencies as a unique tonic, and, for each tonic, generating a corresponding second octave of the third musical note frequencies, and assigning each third musical note frequency within the second octave of third musical note frequencies the corresponding third musical note notation.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein each staff line and each staff space within the musical staff represents a musical frequency.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the visual representation of the at least one musical staff includes a three-dimensional representation of a first at least one musical staff and a second at least one musical staff.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the first at least one musical staff and the second at least one musical staff are aligned along an axis in the three-dimensional representation.
5 . A method comprising:
(A) receiving information regarding a digital musical instrument, the information including a tuning file type used by the digital musical instrument, and wherein the digital musical instrument includes memory storing a first set of first musical note notations with each first musical note notation within the first set of first musical note notations correlated to a corresponding first musical note frequency;
(B) loading a first digital file into the digital musical instrument memory;
(C) correlating, within the digital musical instrument memory, each first musical note notation within the digital musical instrument's first set of musical note notations with a corresponding third musical note notation and a third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation from the first digital file; and
(D) mapping each third musical note frequency to a corresponding visible or near-visible electromagnetic color spectrum frequency;
wherein the corresponding third musical note notation and the third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation are determined by choosing a subset of a sequence of p-smooth numbers and assigning the subset as a first octave of second musical note frequencies, assigning each second musical note frequency within the first octave of second musical note frequencies a corresponding second musical note notation, assigning each second musical frequency and its corresponding second musical note notation within the octave of second musical note frequencies as a unique tonic, and, for each tonic, generating a corresponding second octave of the third musical note frequencies, and assigning each third musical note frequency within the second octave of third musical note frequencies the corresponding third musical note notation.
6 . The method of claim 5 further comprising storing, into a second digital file, each electromagnetic color spectrum frequency with a corresponding electromagnetic spectrum frequency notation.
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising, emitting, using a light emitting device and the second digital file, light at a frequency that corresponds to at least one of the electromagnetic color spectrum frequencies.
8 . The method of claim 5 wherein the mapping includes multiplying each third musical note frequency by 1×10 12 .
9 . A method comprising:
(A) receiving information regarding a digital musical instrument, the information including a tuning file type used by the digital musical instrument, and wherein the digital musical instrument includes memory storing a first set of first musical note notations with each first musical note notation within the first set of first musical note notations correlated to a corresponding first musical note frequency;
(B) loading a first digital file into the digital musical instrument memory;
(C) correlating, within the digital musical instrument memory, each first musical note notation within the digital musical instrument's first set of musical note notations with a corresponding third musical note notation and a third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation from the first digital file; and
(D) generating at least one design specification of a non-digital musical instrument wherein the at least one design specification, when implemented, results in the non-digital musical instrument having an ability to emit a third musical note frequency when a corresponding third musical note notation is played using the non-digital instrument;
wherein the corresponding third musical note notation and the third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation are determined by choosing a subset of a sequence of p-smooth numbers and assigning the subset as a first octave of second musical note frequencies, assigning each second musical note frequency within the first octave of second musical note frequencies a corresponding second musical note notation, assigning each second musical frequency and its corresponding second musical note notation within the octave of second musical note frequencies as a unique tonic, and, for each tonic, generating a corresponding second octave of the third musical note frequencies, and assigning each third musical note frequency within the second octave of third musical note frequencies the corresponding third musical note notation.
10 . The method of claim 9 wherein the non-digital musical instrument includes a flute.
11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the at least one design specification includes a hole size and/or a hole placement.
12 . A method comprising:
(A) receiving information regarding a digital musical instrument, the information including a tuning file type used by the digital musical instrument, and wherein the digital musical instrument includes memory storing a first set of first musical note notations with each first musical note notation within the first set of first musical note notations correlated to a corresponding first musical note frequency;
(B) loading a first digital file into the digital musical instrument memory;
(C) correlating, within the digital musical instrument memory, each first musical note notation within the digital musical instrument's first set of musical note notations with a corresponding third musical note notation and a third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation from the first digital file; and
(D) configuring at least one device with the digital musical instrument wherein the at least one device causes an audio output of at least one third musical note frequency when at least one first musical note notation correlated to the at least one third musical note frequency is activated;
wherein the corresponding third musical note notation and the third musical note frequency corresponding to the corresponding third musical note notation are determined by choosing a subset of a sequence of p-smooth numbers and assigning the subset as a first octave of second musical note frequencies, assigning each second musical note frequency within the first octave of second musical note frequencies a corresponding second musical note notation, assigning each second musical frequency and its corresponding second musical note notation within the octave of second musical note frequencies as a unique tonic, and, for each tonic, generating a corresponding second octave of the third musical note frequencies, and assigning each third musical note frequency within the second octave of third musical note frequencies the corresponding third musical note notation.
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one device includes at least one of a foot pedal, a MIDI guitar, an additional MIDI interface, a computer, and a smartphone.