Shape of a Song is a Java app that reads MIDI files, and then draws a pictoral representation of that song.

The diagrams display musical form as a sequence of translucent arches. Each arch connects two repeated, identical passages of a composition. By using repeated passages as signposts, the diagram illustrates the deep structure of the composition.

The diagram above illustrates the complexity of part of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

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