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' Demo Song
BPM 180
#strumlo: AG G#2, AG G#3, AG G#2, AG G#3, AG G#2, AG G#3, AG G#2, AG G#3
#strumhi: AG C#3, AG C#4, AG C#3, AG C#4, AG C#3, AG C#4, AG C#3, AG C#4
#hihat  : VOL 0.5, 0 HH, HH, 0.5 HH, 0.5 HH, HH, HH, 0.5 HH, 0.5 HH, HH, HH
#out    : VOL 0.5, 0 #strumlo, 8 #strumhi, 8 #strumlo, 0 #hihat, 8 #strumhi, 0 #hihat, 8 CUT -5

See my Sound Effects page for how the sounds are generated and the Tuning page instrument tuning.

Scripts are processed top to bottom, left to right. Notation:

Symbol	Description	Parameters
AG	Acoustic Guitar	[note = A3]
XY	Xylophone	[note = C4]
MR	Marimba	[note = C4]
GS	Glockenspiel	[note = A6]
KD	Kick Drum	[note = B2]
SD	Snare Drum	[note = G2]
HH	Hi-hat	[note = A8]
VOL	Sets volume. Resets every sequence.	[1.0]
BPM	Beats per minute.	[240]
CUT	Cuts off sequence at time+delta.	[delta = 0]
,	Separate and advance time by 1 BPM.
, X	Separate and advance time by X BPM.
'	Line comment.
"	Block comment. Terminate with "
#bass:	Define a sequence named #bass.
#bass	Reference a sequence named #bass.
#out:	Final output sequence.

Allowed notes are: B, Bb, A#, A, Ab, G#, G, Gb, F#, F, Fb, E, Eb, D#, D, Db, C#, C, and any octave. Ex: A4, B#12.5, C-1. To map a note to a specific frequency, see this page.

To map guitar frets to piano notes (source patmusic77):

String

F#4

G#4

A#4

C#5

D#5

F#5

G#5

A#5

C#6

C#4

D#4

F#4

G#4

A#4

C#5

D#5

F#5

G#5

G#3

A#3

C#4

D#4

F#4

G#4

A#4

C#5

D#5

D#3

F#3

G#3

A#3

C#4

D#4

F#4

G#4

A#4

A#2

C#3

D#3

F#3

G#3

A#3

C#4

D#4

F#4

F#2

G#2

A#2

C#3

D#3

F#3

G#3

A#3

C#4

Samples

' Enter Sandman - Metallica
BPM 246
#strum: VOL 0.75, 0 AG E2, 2 AG E3, AG G3, AG A#2, AG A2, AG E3
#out  : #strum, 8 #strum, 8 #strum, 0 CUT -5

' Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow
BPM 240
#strum: AG E3, 0 AG B3, AG E3, 0 AG A3, AG E3, 0 AG B3, AG G#4, 2 AG E4, 2 AG F#3, 0 AG B3, 0 AG B2, 2 AG F#3, 0 AG B3, 0 AG B2, 2 AG E3, 0 AG A2, AG E3, 0 AG A2, 0 AG B3, 0 CUT -2 '14 beats
#out: VOL 0.5, 0 #strum, 14 #strum

' Drum loop
BPM 240
#out: KD, 2 KD, 2 KD, 2 KD, KD A2, KD A2, 2 KD, 2 KD

' Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
BPM 100
#out: VOL 0.5,
0 GS C4, GS C4, GS G4, GS G4, GS A4, GS A4, GS G4,
2 GS F4, GS F4, GS E4, GS E4, GS D4, GS D4, GS C4