New song: Frère Jacques (Are you sleeping, brother John?).

juleskers · Jan 11, 2024 · 63d4078 · 63d4078
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/melodies/Melody.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/melodies/Melody.java
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package com.nicobrailo.pianoli.melodies;
 
 import android.util.Log;
-import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song.ImALittleTeapot;
-import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song.InsyWinsySpider;
-import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song.TwinkleTwinkleLittleStar;
-import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song.WaltzingMatilda;
+import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song.*;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +29,7 @@ public class Melody {
             InsyWinsySpider.melody,
             ImALittleTeapot.melody,
             WaltzingMatilda.melody,
+            BrotherJohn.melody,
     };
 
     /**

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/song/BrotherJohn.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/song/BrotherJohn.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.nicobrailo.pianoli.song;
+
+import com.nicobrailo.pianoli.melodies.Melody;
+
+/**
+ * The massively translated Frère Jacques ("Are you sleeping, Brother John?")
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This nursery rhyme has been translated to dozens of languages, so it should reach a very wide audience.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Compared to the classic C-D-E-C arrangement, this version is up-shifted by three full notes,
+ * to account for the bass-note the final chord. Without this shift, it would fall below where we have sound samples.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Further reading:<ul>
+ * <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques">English Wikipedia: Frère Jacques</a></li>
+ * <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques">German Wikipedia: Frère Jacques</a>  (listing some 50 translations)</li>
+ * </ul></p>
+ */
+public class BrotherJohn {
+    public static final Melody melody = Melody.fromString(
+            "brother_john",
+            " " + // 'useless' string so that code formatting indentation nicely lines up
+                    // Are you sleeping, 2x
+                    "F G A F " +
+                    "F G A F " +
+
+                    // Brother John? 2x
+                    "A A# C2 " +
+                    "A A# C2 " +
+
+                    // Morning bells are ringing! 2x
+                    "C2 D2 C2 A# A F " +
+                    "C2 D2 C2 A# A F " +
+
+                    // Please come on! 2x
+                    "F C F " +
+                    "F C F "
+    );
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
     <string name="melody_twinkle_twinkle_little_star">Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann</string>
     <string name="melody_waltzing_matilda">Waltzing Matilda</string>
     <string name="soundset_piano2">Piano 2</string>
+    <string name="melody_brother_john">Bruder Jakob</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-nl/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-nl/strings.xml
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@
     <string name="preferences">Voorkeuren</string>
     <string name="melody_waltzing_matilda">Waltzing Matilda</string>
     <string name="soundset_piano2">Piano 2</string>
+    <string name="melody_brother_john">Vader Jacob</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <string name="melody_im_a_little_teapot">I\'m a Little Teapot</string>
     <string name="melody_insy_winsy_spider">Incy Winsy Spider</string>
     <string name="melody_waltzing_matilda">Waltzing Matilda</string>
+    <string name="melody_brother_john">Brother John</string>
 
     <!-- keyboard colour themes -->
     <string name="theme">Key Colours</string>