Sonic PI plays another "old" piece

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Not posted much recently as I’ve been looking at build aspects of Sonic Pi. Thought it was time to make some music again, and have been coding several more old pieces from 17th century, including this lute piece from John Dowland

#Dowland-lesson-for-two-lutes.rb
#transcribed for Sonic Pi by Robin Newman, July 2020

use_synth :pluck
use_bpm 65
top=0.7 #amp for top parts
bass=0.4 #amp for bass parts

#function to play one part
define :playnotes do |nt,dur,pan,vol|
  in_thread do
    nt.zip(dur).each do |n,d|
      play n,pan: pan,amp: bass
      sleep d
    end
  end
end

#add some reverb
with_fx :reverb,room: 0.8,mix: 0.7 do
  #use level wrapper to adjust volume
  with_fx :level,amp: 0.8 do |v|
    set :v,v #save reference to fx level
    puts "starting level 0.8"
    #use at to adjust level
    at [16,32,48],[0.4,0.7,1.0] do |vol|
      puts "current level #{vol}"
      control get(:v),amp: vol
    end
    
    #define the notes and durations for each part
    
    a1=[:A3,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:r,:B3,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:E4,:Cs4,:B3,:A3,:E3,:A3,:Gs3,:A3,:B3,:Cs4,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:r,:E4,:D4,:Cs4,:B3,:E4,:B3,:A3,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:B3,:E4,:D4,:Cs4,:D4,:Cs4,:B3,:A3,:E3]*2+
      [:A3,:Cs4,:B3,:A3,[:Gs3,:B3],:A3,[:Gs3,:B3],:A3,:B3,:Cs4,:A3,:B3,:A3,:Gs3,:Fs3,[:Gs3,:B3],:E3,:Fs3,:Gs3,:A3,:B3,:Gs3,:A3,:Gs3,:A3,:B3,:Cs4,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:E4,:D4,:E4,:Fs4,:E4,:D4,[:A2,:Cs4],:B3,:A3,[:A3,:B3],:Gs3,:r,:r,:A3]*2
    b1=[0.75,0.25,0.5,0.5,1.0,1.0,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.75,0.25,0.5,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.5]*2+
      [0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.75,0.25,1.0,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.25,1.25]*2
    
    a2=[[:A2,:E3],:A2,:E4,:r,:E2,:E2,:E2,:A2,:A2,:A2,:A2,:E2,:E2,:E2,:E2,:A2,:A2]*2+
      [[:A2,:E3],:D3,:E3,:E3,:A2,:D3,:E2,[:A2,:E3],:A2,:E2,:E2,:r,:D3,:E3,:A3,:E3,:A2]*2
    b2=[1.0,1.0,1.0,0.5,0.5,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0]*2+
      [1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0.5,0.5,1.0,1.0,0.5,0.5]*2
    
    a3=[:r,:E2,:r,:r,:r,:r,:r,:r]*2+
      [:r,:r,:r,:E2,:r,:r,:r,:r,:r,[:A2,:E3],:r]*2
    b3=[2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0]*2+
      [2.0,1.0,0.5,0.5,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0]*2
    
    a4=[:Cs4,:D4,:E4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:E4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:A4,:B4,:Gs4,:A4,:B4,[:A2,:A4],:Cs4,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:E4,:D4,:E4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:A4,:Gs4,:E4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:A4,:Gs4,:A4,:B4,:Gs4,:A4,:Gs4,:A4,:B4,[:A2,:A4]]*2+
      [:Cs4,:E4,:D4,:Fs4,[:E3,:B3,:E4],[:B3,:E4],:G4,:Fs4,:E4,:D4,:Cs4,[:E3,:B3,:E4],[:B3,:E4],:E4,:D4,:Cs4,:B3,:Cs4,:D4,:E4,:D4,:E4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:Fs4,:Gs4,:A4,:Gs4,:A4,:B4,:Gs4,:A4,:E4,:G4,:Fs4,:E4,:D4,:Cs4,:B3,:r,[:A3,:Cs4]]*2
    
    b4=[0.75,0.25,0.5,0.5,1.0,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.75,0.25,1.0,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.75,0.25,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,1.0]*2+
      [0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,1.0,0.5,0.5,0.75,0.25,0.5,0.5,1.0,0.5,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,0.25,1.0,1.0]*2+
      
    a5=[:A3,[:E2,:B3],:E2,:A2,:r,:A2,:A2,:B3,:B3,:E2,:E2,:A2,:r]*2+
      [:A2,:D3,:r,:E3,:D3,:D3,:r,:E3,:A2,:A2,:E2,:E2,:A2,:D3,:E3,[:A3,:Cs4],:D4,:r,:A2]*2
    b5=[2.0,2.0,2.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0]*2+
      [1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0,0.5,0.5,1.0,0.75,0.25,0.5,0.5]*2
    
    
    a6=[:A2,:A2,:r,:r,:r,:r,:E2,:r,:r]*2+
      [:r,:r,:r,:r,:r,:r,:r,:A2]*2
    b6=[1.0,1.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0]*2+
      [2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0,2.0]*2
    
    
    #play the piece
    
    playnotes a1,b1,-0.7,top
    playnotes a2,b2,-0.7,bass
    playnotes a3,b3,-0.7,bass
    playnotes a4,b4,0.7,top
    playnotes a5,b5,0.7,top
    playnotes a6,b6,0.7,top
    
    
  end #level
end#fx
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