Can I write musical logic in Scheme?

Yes, the skill supports Rubato's integrated Scheme interpreter, which includes specific primitives for creating and manipulating musical denotators.

What is the relationship between Forms and ACSets in this skill?

The skill maps Rubato's 'Forms' (mathematical musical types) to ACSet schemas, allowing for high-level data modeling and structural transformations of musical data.

How does this skill assist with music synthesis?

It provides the mathematical framework for composition and then bridges those models to MIDI and OSC, allowing you to trigger sounds in SuperCollider, Overtone, or Sonic Pi.

What is Rubato Composer?

Rubato Composer is a software implementation of Guerino Mazzola's Topos of Music theory, utilizing category theory to model and transform musical structures.

Is this skill suitable for melodic analysis?

Absolutely. It includes mappings for MeloRubette, which is specifically designed for the mathematical analysis of melodic structures.

Rubato Composer Integration

Name: Rubato Composer Integration
Author: plurigrid

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Data Science & ML

Integrates Guerino Mazzola's mathematical music theory and the Topos of Music framework into Claude for advanced computational composition.

This skill provides a deep integration with Rubato Composer, implementing Gérard Milmeister's Java realization of Mazzola's 'Topos of Music.' It enables Claude to navigate and manipulate complex musical structures using categorical concepts such as Forms, Denotators, and Morphisms. By bridging mathematical music theory with a Scheme interpreter and ACSet schemas, this skill allows users to perform rigorous melodic analysis, gestural composition, and morphological tiling, ultimately exporting these structures to MIDI or OSC for real-time sound synthesis.

Key Features

01Implements the Yoneda package for modeling musical objects as categorical structures

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03Bridges Rubato Forms to ACSet schemas for structural data manipulation

04Supports 'Rubette' patterns for gestural composition and morphological tiling

05Facilitates MIDI and OSC export to engines like SuperCollider and Sonic Pi

06Provides a full Scheme interpreter with primitives for musical operations and denotators

Use Cases

01Mathematical analysis of musical scores using the Topos of Music framework

02Developing bridges between abstract music theory models and live synthesis environments

03Algorithmic composition based on categorical transformations and tiling morphisms

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add plurigrid/asi rubato-composer

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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