mdileep / nfugue

Music programming for .NET - a port of JFugue

NFugue

.NET port of JFugue based on version 5.0.9.

NFugue allows you to create, play and experiment with music programatically. You can easily build music using elements like chords, chord progresssions and rhythms which will get transformed to MIDI for you. It also supports integration with some other musical formats like LilyPond or MusicXML.

The real-time music analysis and playback functionality available in JFugue is not yet implemented.

Download

NFugue is available on NuGet:

PM> Install-Package NFugue

Getting started

Musical "Hello World" i.e. playing the major scale:

using (var player = new Player())
{
    player.Play("C D E F G A B");
}

Music in NFugue is generally represented by patterns which can be transformed in various ways, for example to create some twelve-bar blues:

Pattern pattern = new ChordProgression("I IV V")
    .Distribute("7%6")
    .AllChordsAs("$0 $0 $0 $0 $1 $1 $0 $0 $2 $1 $0 $0")
    .EachChordAs("$0ia100 $1ia80 $2ia80 $3ia80 $4ia100 $3ia80 $2ia80 $1ia80")
    .GetPattern()
    .SetInstrument(Instrument.AcousticBass)
    .SetTempo(120);

For more examples and a description of the Staccato markup visit JFugue website. Most examples should work in NFugue with little or no modifications.