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Blues / Ragas / Maqam Microtonal Pitch-Bend Tutor — MIDI 2.0, MPE and Scala .scl Encodings

Map world tunings — 7-limit just blues, Arabic maqamat (Rast/Bayati/Hijaz/Saba) on 24-EDO quarter tones, the 22-shruti table, gamelan slendro/pelog, 31-EDO, 53-EDO and the A440 harmonic grid — onto nearest-note + RPN fine tuning, MPE 14-bit bends at ±2/±24/±48/±96 semitones, MIDI 2.0 32-bit pitch bend, the MIDI 2.0 Pitch 7.9 note attribute, and a Scala .scl export.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:3003/en/api/tools/blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"scale":"maqam-rast","rootMidi":60,"a4Hz":440,"bendRangeSemitones":48,"writeSclFile":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST http://127.0.0.1:3003/en/api/tools/blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
scale	select	Yes	—
rootMidi	number	No	—
a4Hz	number	No	—
bendRangeSemitones	select	No	—
writeSclFile	checkbox	No	—

Response format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor": {
      "name": "blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor",
      "description": "Map world tunings — 7-limit just blues, Arabic maqamat (Rast/Bayati/Hijaz/Saba) on 24-EDO quarter tones, the 22-shruti table, gamelan slendro/pelog, 31-EDO, 53-EDO and the A440 harmonic grid — onto nearest-note + RPN fine tuning, MPE 14-bit bends at ±2/±24/±48/±96 semitones, MIDI 2.0 32-bit pitch bend, the MIDI 2.0 Pitch 7.9 note attribute, and a Scala .scl export.",
      "baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:3003/mcp/sse?toolId=blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "blues-ragas-modes-microtonal-pitch-bend-midi-2-and-maqam-tuning-tutor",
    "arguments": {
  "scale": "maqam-rast",
  "rootMidi": 60,
  "a4Hz": 440,
  "bendRangeSemitones": 48,
  "writeSclFile": true
}
  }
}

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