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Song

A musical work, identified through various catalog systems

How it works

This object can carry concrete values or a musical interpretation, depending on its notation.

Written forms

Ways to write this concept

Each notation describes the same underlying object. Load a playable example to hear one MIDI realization in the Code Sequencer.

spotify

Spotify track/album identifier

  • 3BQHpFgAp4l80e1XslIjNI

discogs

Discogs release identifier

  • 1234567

musicbrainz

MusicBrainz recording identifier

  • 2f45c658-a8ad-447b-9321-f276b8a96c7d
Choose Load beside a convertible example to open its live player. Some catalog formats describe analysis or a display label and have no note realization yet.
Sources and playback

Concept descriptions and examples were adapted from Codex Music Mono’s typed catalog and concept examples. The Code Sequencer plays MIDI through a connected instrument; Symbolic does not synthesize sound.