Functional Composition - Chris Ford

Why HN readers recommended it

HN repeatedly recommends it as a delightful talk that makes music theory click and introduces Clojure and Overtone.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

ClojureTV

Topic

music and functional programming

Format

talk

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I didn't read the haskell paper yet, but one talk about music and programming that I enjoyed a lot is 'functional composition' by chris ford, using clojure. [VIDEO] It simply groups and layers simple waves until he can describe a full theme. In case you …

• [VIDEO] Great, great talk linked to in the article, about using Clojure to abstract and live-code music. It actually helped me to more appreciate a funny episode in Star Trek: Next Generation where the hologram doctor becomes an esteemed musician among a species that previously …

• Here's another similar library for Clojure. [LINK] Recommend this talk that made Music 'click' for me. Also fun if you are trying to read GEB and generate cannons. [VIDEO]