# GoGo Penguin: Hopopono **URL:** \ **Category:** Creations & Ideas\ **Created:** [April 21, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679 "2020-04-21T14:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/garen/32/1626_2.png) [@garen](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/garen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/1 "2020-04-21T14:10:43Z")
I am new here. After discovering spi and going through tutorials, I’ve decided to learn more by trying to code some existing music that I like as close as close as I can to the original. So I picked Hopopono by GoGo Penguin. It was challenging to me because I am a software developer, but not a musician. Nevertheless, I coded the entire piece to the best of my ability, here is the result: [https://garenhart.bandcamp.com/track/hopopono-sonic-pi-version](https://garenhart.bandcamp.com/track/hopopono-sonic-pi-version). And here is the complete source code: [https://gitlab.com/ghartunian/gogo-penguin-hopopono](https://gitlab.com/ghartunian/gogo-penguin-hopopono) NOTE: The code size exceeds Sonic Pi buffer limit, so in can’t be executed from the editor. I use VS Code for development and run it from Sonic Pi using command line to run from external file (works even better): run\_file get(:rfpath)+“hopopono.rb” where rfpath is a variable set in the init.rb file pointing to your directory: set :rfpath, “~/path/to/my/files/” #nb include trailing / Read more about running from external file in documentation for run\_file or in this post: [Relative paths for run\_file](http://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/relative-paths-for-run-file/804) ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/2 "2020-04-21T14:12:49Z")
you can just put ```ruby run_file "/path/to/.file/to/run/filaname.rb" ``` in a Sonic Pi buffer and pres run to run it. I use that all the time. EDIT you can even just drag the file icon into the sonic pi buffer and it will resolve the location for you! ---
**Author:** ![garen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/garen/32/1626_2.png) [@garen](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/garen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/3 "2020-04-21T14:19:31Z")
Thank you, robin, I didn’t know about dragging. I just like setting the path in the init file, then you only have to type the file name or subfolder/file name if you want. ---
**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/4 "2020-04-21T14:46:58Z")
btw the file sounds great! ---
**Author:** ![garen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/garen/32/1626_2.png) [@garen](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/garen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/5 "2020-04-21T15:02:44Z")
It was a challenge and I was determined to only use built in samples and synths, but I learned a lot. Thank you so much for the feedback, it means a lot to me! ---
**Author:** ![samaaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/samaaron/32/7_2.png) [@samaaron](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/samaaron)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/6 "2020-04-21T17:56:55Z")
Amazing work, thanks so much for sharing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/garen/32/1626_2.png) [@garen](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/garen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/gogo-penguin-hopopono/3679/7 "2020-04-21T18:09:35Z")
So happy to hear this from you, Sam! By the way, I was very impressed with the quality and stability of Sonic Pi while working on my first project. Thank you for the feedback and for Sonic Pi!