I’m building a domain-specific language called Arpeggio that compiles code into music. In Part 1, I outlined the basic language design and syntax. Here, I’m going to do a very shallow dive into music theory from a programmer’s perspective, focusing on the terms and concepts needed to build the music backend that powers Arpeggio. Disclaimer: Music theory is a huge field of study that’s filled with complexity and ambiguity, which I’m going to vastly oversimplify down to the basic math...
