Pianocat
Lastly I’ve been wondering why some music tones are so sticky, with this in mind, I’ve enrolled in “Introduction to Classical Music” on Coursera (which I totally recommend) and read…
Pianocat launched on March 12, 2015 with 48 votes, #1,041 of 2,697 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
In plain words
Pianocat is a piano emulator created by someone learning music theory who didn't have access to a physical instrument. The tool lets users input musical notation and notes to produce piano tones, making it useful for those studying how music works. It's designed for casual learners and music enthusiasts exploring classical music concepts without requiring expensive equipment.
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Lastly I’ve been wondering why some music tones are so sticky, with this in mind, I’ve enrolled in “ Introduction to Classical Music ” on Coursera (which I totally recommend) and read about how musical notation and notes work. It turned out than a piano is quite useful when learning these matters, unfortunately I don’t own one and have no plans to get any soon, so I decided to emulate it, as often happens, someone had already worked in something similar , so I took the work and adapt it to me and that’s how pianocat was born. $ #basic tone $ echo "D4 F4 - G4 A4 - A#4 A4 G4 - E4 C4 - D4 E4 F4" \ "- D4 D4 - C#4 D4 E4 - C#4 C#4 - D4 F4 - G4 A4 - A#4" \ "A4 G4 - E4 C4 - D4 E4 F4 - E4 D4 C#4 -…from javier.io
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