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Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition

You're reading from   Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints, Second Edition Build nine projects by working with widgets, geometry management, event handling, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788837460
Length 422 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Bhaskar Chaudhary Bhaskar Chaudhary
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Meet Tkinter FREE CHAPTER 2. Making a Text Editor 3. Programmable Drum Machine 4. Game of Chess 5. Building an Audio Player 6. Paint Application 7. Piano Tutor 8. Fun with Canvas 9. Multiple Fun Projects 10. Miscellaneous Tips 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

A brief primer on piano terms

Since this is a piano-related program, a brief understanding of some of the common terms used in this context is required.

In this section, we will use this figure as a reference:

The keyboard of a piano comprises a set of 12 keys (seven white and five black keys), which forms what is called a chromatic scale. This pattern of 12 keys repeats over and over again totaling up to 88 keys on a standard piano. The pattern repeats twice in the preceding image (C1 to B1 and then C2 to B2).

The distance between any two adjacent keys is called a semitone. Please take note of this term as we will define all piano-related rules using semitones—a measure of distance between keys. An interval of two semitones is called a whole tone. We will not bother with whole tones as far as our program is concerned.

The white keys of the piano are labeled by note names...

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