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lioeters on Aug 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alda – Text-Based Programming Language for Music C...

Thanks for this reference, it led me down a curious tangent.

It might not be the same thing - this one is XML-based, rather than "BASIC-style" - but I found an example of what Music Markup Language looks like, with Chopin's Trois Nocturne:

https://steyn.pro/mml/examples/chopin.html

For more links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Markup_Language

montag on Aug 16, 2021 [–]

Oh...no...this MML is XML-based markup (read: not practical for use by humans), not the same as Music Macro Language.

lioeters on Aug 16, 2021 | [–]

Hahah, I see, thank you for the correction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Macro_Language#Modern_MM...

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