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 ==== Intervals ====
-An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)|Interval]] is the distance between two tones. The basic intervals are the unison, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and octave. Each interval can be varied to be either major or minor (along with a couple of other things). Intervals are usually classified as being "consonant" or "dissonant" which I talk about a little later.
+An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)|Interval]] is the distance between two tones. The basic intervals are the unison, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and octave. Each interval can be varied to be either major or minor (along with a few other things). Intervals are classified as being "consonant" or "dissonant" which I talk about a little later.
 ==== Scales and Modes ====
-A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)|Scale]] is any set of music notes ordered by their fundamental pitch. A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(music)|Mode]] is a type of scale that has a certain set of melodic behaviors. Different modes give your music a different feeling. For example, the Ionian mode (or Major scale) gives a song a happy sound. The Aeolian mode (or natural minor scale) gives a song a sad sound. There are lots of other modes that can give music a different feel.
+A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)|Scale]] is any set of music notes ordered by their fundamental pitch. A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(music)|Mode]] is a type of scale that has a certain set of melodic behaviors. Different modes give music a different feeling. For example, the Ionian mode (or Major scale) gives a song a happy sound. The Aeolian mode (or natural minor scale) gives a song a sad sound. There are lots of other modes that can give music a different feel.
 ==== Consonance and Dissonance ====
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 ==== Melody ====
-A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody|Melody]] is a series of tones sounding in succession that typically move toward a climax or tension and then resolve to a state of rest. The melody is usually the most prominent part of a piece of music and it's what you remember and get stuck in your head. Again, this is a topic that is really far out there right now that I can only hope to get to creating by the end of the semester.
+A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody|Melody]] is a series of tones sounding in succession that typically move toward a climax or tension and then resolve to a state of rest. The melody is usually the most prominent part of a piece of music and it's what you remember and get stuck in your head. Again, this is a topic that is really far out there right now that I can only hope to get to by the end of the semester.
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 ===== Where to Start =====
-==== Interpretation ====
 The first thing to do is think of the basic idea of how I want to structure my project. Since this is, like it was pointed out in class, essentially just a fancy sorter, I had two main ideas for how to make/interpret the "music" (quotes added because it probably won't sound like music).
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 As of my most recent idea of how this will work, notes will be stationary and will only know their vertical position and whether they are sharp, flat, or natural. Their vertical position in the MFM will be used to determine what pitch they represent. Each vertical step up in the MFM will represent one scale step up.
-=== Sorter ===
+=== Sorter (need a cooler name) ===
 A Sorter will float around the MFM and if it sees a Res, it will either turn it into a Note or into another Sorter. If it sees a Note, it has a probability of moving it based on what the notes around it are and some very basic Music Theory rules (like creating or resolving tension). A Sorter will have to know things like their vertical position (so they know what pitches they are near), the scale/mode that is being used, the time signature that's being used (not going to touch this for a while), and the tempo (not going to touch this for a while). I might include some other things like how lenient you want the sorter to be with things like tension and dissonance. For the first iteration of this project, all the sorters will be the same. In the future I might want multiple types of sorters all running at once to create some interesting contrast in the music.