I haven’t done any simple link propagation in a while, but I spotted The Shape of Song in a comment on Slashdot, and felt it well worthy of breaking the rule. This guy draws translucent arches connecting identical (similar?) passages in music; it seems to be done using analysis on MIDI files using Java. The pictures that result are very cool. This is quite timely for me, since I have just been getting back into practicing piano, and struggling through the intricacies of Bach and Chopin – as to be expected, both of these composers make for very intricate, yet structured, pictures.
To keep the personal aspect of this blog intact: I finally biked home today – survived!
