[QUIZ] Polyrhythm Trainer (#194)

[Daniel Moore]

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## Polyrhythm Trainer (#194)

Greetings fellow Rubyists,

This week's quiz is to create a polyrhythm training program. The user
will be prompted to tap out a rhythm with two keys: left and right.
Each time the user presses a key the program will display how close to
the correct timing the key press occurred. The program will be
configurable to train the user in any polyrhythm 2:3, 5:4, 11:17, and
so on. The program will also have a configurable tempo. After a number
of complete rhythms the program will display the ratio of how many
notes were successfully struck, success determined by being within a
threshold around the perfect timing.

The display can be as simple as a console application or use a full
graphical interface. [Ruby Inside][1] recently had an article about
graphical toolkits if you are interested.

[Polyrhythm][2] is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms.

[1]: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-gui-programming-survey-results-1552.html
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyrhythm

Have Fun!

 

[Todd Benson]

configurable to train the user in any polyrhythm 2:3, 5:4, 11:17

11:17 is simply a modified 2:3, but I challenge anyone to do it with
any degree of precision at high tempo and only 2 references (2 keys).
If you can use your whole hand (as in playing a piano), it might be
easier. Scriabin, for example, would frequently throw his poor
pianist into 11:3, 9:4, etc. brief, but frequent, frenzies (see piano
sonata no. 1 in F minor).

Todd