The Complete Guide to JFugue

First Edition, April 2008
Covers JFugue 4.0
Format: PDF document
118 pages

Table of Contents

• Getting Started with JFugue 
• Using the JFugue MusicString 
• Working with Patterns
• The JFugue Player
• Working With MIDI Files
• Using JFugue With MIDI Devices
• Rhythms, Intervals, and Microtones
• The Architecture of JFugue
• Exploring JFugue's "Extras" Package
• JFugue By Example
• Creative Applications with JFugue

The Complete Guide to JFugue - Full Table of Contents

Table of Contents	7
Detailed Table of Contents	9
Forward	13
Getting Started with JFugue	15
Downloading JFugue	15
Running a Test Program	15
Using JFugue from an Integrated Development Environment	16
Deciding which version of JFugue to use	17
Using MIDI Soundbanks	17
Downloading Soundbanks	18
Installing the Java Media Soundbanks	18
Using Gervill to Load Soundbanks	19
Using the JFugue MusicString	21
Introducing the MusicString	21
Learning the Parts of the MusicString	22
Notes, Rests, and Chords	22
Sharps, Flats, and Naturals	23
Octave	23
Chords	24
Chord Inversions	25
Duration	26
Triplets and Other Tuplets	27
Ties	28
Attack and Decay Velocities	29
Notes played in Melody and Harmony	29
Measure	30
Key Signature	31
Instrument	31
Voice	34
MIDI Percussion Track	34
Layer	35
Tempo	36
Pitch Wheel	36
Channel Pressure	37
Polyphonic Pressure	37
Controller Events	37
Constants	40
Timing Information	41
MusicString Style	41
JFugue Elements: Using Objects instead of MusicStrings	42
Getting Assistance with Notes	45
Transcribing Sheet Music to JFugue MusicString	46
Working with Patterns	49
What is a Pattern?	49
Using Patterns as Musical Building Blocks	50
Using Patterns to Construct Music	51
Observing Changes to a Pattern with a PatternListener	53
Maintaining Properties within a Pattern	53
Loading and Saving Patterns	54
Transforming Patterns with PatternTransformer	55
PatternTransformers Included with with JFugue	56
How to Create a PatternTransformer	57
How to Use a PatternTransformer	59
PatternTransformers In Action	59
Using a ParserListener to Analyze a Pattern	60
Working with MIDI Patterns	62
The JFugue Player	63
Playing Music	63
Starting a Player with a Known Sequencer or Synthesizer	64
Pausing, Rewinding, and Forwarding the Player	64
The Streaming Player	65
How to Simulate a Pipe Organ	67
Throttling the Delivery of New Fragments	68
The Anticipator: Know Upcoming Events Before They Happen	68
Working with MIDI Files	71
Understanding MIDI Support in JFugue	71
Playing MIDI Files	72
Creating MIDI Files	72
Converting MIDI to JFugue MusicStrings	72
Using JFugue with MIDI Devices	75
Why Communicate with External Devices?	75
Setting Up Communication with External Devices	75
JFugue’s Device Classes	76
Using the Intelligent Device Resolver	76
Sending Music to a MIDI Device	77
Listening to Music from a MIDI Device	78
Troubleshooting Your Connections	79
Rhythms, Intervals, and Microtones	81
Rhythm	81
Interval Notation	85
Combining Rhythm and Interval Notation	86
Microtonal Music	88
The Architecture of JFugue	89
Parsers and ParserListeners (or Renderers)	89
JFugue Supports MusicXML	90
Recombine Parsers and Renderers Endlessly	90
Creating a New Parser	90
Creating a New Renderer	91
Ideas for New Parsers and Renderers	92
Working with MusicStringParser	92
Adding a new JFugue Element	92
Exploring JFugue’s "Extras" Package	97
FilePlayer	97
Midi2JFugue	98
JFugue by Example	99
The Quintessential Music Program	99
How to Save Music as a MIDI file	99
How to Load and Play a MIDI file	100
How to Save a Pattern	100
How to Load a Pattern	100
How to Load a MIDI file and convert it into a JFugue MusicString	101
How to Combine Patterns	101
How to Repeat a Pattern	101
How to Create an Anonymous ParserListener	101
How to Create Your Own Parser	102
How to Create Your Own Renderer	102
How to Connect a Parser to a Renderer	103
How to Parse MIDI and Render a MusicString	103
How to Parse a MusicString and Render MIDI	103
How to Create a Rhythm	103
How to Use Interval Notation	104
How to Combine Intervals and Rhythms	104
How to Use Microtone Notation	105
How to Send MIDI to an External Device	106
How to Send a Pattern to an External Device	106
How to Listen for Music from an External Device	106
How to Use JFugue with Loaded Soundbanks	107
Creative Applications with JFugue	109
JFugue Drum Circle	109
Lindenmayer System (L-System) Music	114
Conclusion	117