PyCon 2016 in Portland, Or
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Tuesday 1:55 p.m.–2:25 p.m.

Discovering the world of Python through music

Ria Baldevia

Audience level:
Novice
Category:
Python Libraries

Description

This talk aims to explain how music is a great way to learn Python with Pedro Kroger's music programming library, Pyknon. In music programming, data structures are really important in order to organize notes, chords, durations, and rests. Eventually, a music programmer will utilize patterns and sequences in order to compose several bars of music. This talk will utilize an animated presentation.

Abstract

When a newbie programmer ventures into the world of code, it is recommended to them to learn how to code by working on a project. In this case, new programmers with a music background can learn the basics of Python by treating notes as Python objects. Pyknon gives programmers tools to explore basic data structures in Python.

Why Pyknon?

There are tools for programmers to explore music programming such as Jython, which is a hybrid of Java and Python; however, it was in an isolated environment. Pyknon has several positives that made it the ideal library to continue on the new programming journey: (1) it was easy to install; (2) there was no need to download a new environment; and (3) programmers will find it very easy to jump into Python data structures immediately when trying to compose a bar of music.

Victorious over first Python music code

The talk will conclude with the playing of the first 2 bars in Beethoven’s 5th written in Python.

PyCon 2016 in Portland, OR is a production of the Python Software Foundation.
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