Liner notes
22 songs, every one written as notes and played by your browser. No recordings, no samples, and nothing here belongs to anybody else.
Tinny plays them all at the same loudness, −20 dBFS, so the list doesn’t jump from a quiet game loop to a loud overture.
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Four Chords in a Tin
The same four chords in two orders: the verse starts on the sad one, the chorus on the steady one.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In chords and progressions, mixing basics.
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Five Notes Only
The tune uses five notes, D E F♯ A B, and none of them can clash with anything underneath.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In scales and keys.
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Waltz for a Sardine
Three beats to the bar, the first one heavy: oom, pah, pah.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In pulse and tempo.
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Question, Answer
Every four bars ask something and end up in the air; the next four answer and come home to F.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In melody over chords.
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Swing Shift
The off-beats arrive late on purpose (swing), the snare leaves ghost notes, and the tune starts after the beat.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In rhythm and groove.
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Built in Layers
Drums first, then bass, then chords, then the tune; a breakdown takes most of it away so the end can bring it all back.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. In arrangement and form.
Workshop radio 16
The music from the games, played from their own note data.
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Tuning Up
A march: four steady beats to the bar, and the orchestra tuning to one A before it starts.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From The Big Number. In pulse and tempo, arrangement and form.
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The Big Number
Three beats to the bar, slower than the waltz, and one very deep breath before the big note.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From The Big Number. In pulse and tempo.
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Scene Change
E dorian: a minor key with a raised sixth (C♯), which keeps it from sounding sad.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From The Big Number. In scales and keys, rhythm and groove.
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Meadow
Chord tones on the beat, stepping through the pentatonic in between: the melody rule in one tune.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Drip, where it loops; here it plays twice. In melody over chords.
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Office
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Drip, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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Stacks
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Drip, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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Works
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Drip, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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The workshop
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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The sardine-tin sea
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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The theatre
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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The attic
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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Battle
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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Ending
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Always On, where it loops; here it plays twice.
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The bench
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Pipe Down, where it loops; here it plays four times, the drums in from the second.
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The kitchen
The first time round it is chords and a bell; then the drums come in. Arrangement, by energy.
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Pipe Down, where it loops; here it plays four times, the drums in from the second. In arrangement and form.
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The boiler
Written as notes by the machine that builds this site. From Pipe Down, where it loops; here it plays four times, the drums in from the second.