iamaziz / oud_animator

Terminal (and Streamlit App) Oud Animator for illustrating music notes on the strings of the Oud music instrument

Oud Animator

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Animate musical notes on the Arabic Oud strings (for fun and learning purpose).

Usage:

$ python oud_animator.py -h
usage: oud_animator.py [-h]
                       [-note NOTE | -maqam {bayat,kurd_do} | -song {khaieef,rk_lesson5,saaloony_elnas}]
                       [-speed SPEED]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -note NOTE            enter the notes to show. As space-separated string
                        (e.g. -note 'DO RE MI Fa Sol La Si Do')
  -maqam {bayat,kurd_do}
                        choose Maqam to display its notes
  -song {khaieef,rk_lesson5,saaloony_elnas}
                        choose a song from the available songs
  -speed SPEED          transition speed between notes (i.e. sleep time in
                        seconds)

Demo1:

Demo2:

Oud's Zend with notes illustration:

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Note: This animation can be used/applied to the Guitar as well. Just change note names and locations in NOTE_INDEX.