# Week 6 - canons, scales, controlling MIDI etc

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## [About the Week 6 - canons, scales, controlling MIDI etc category](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/about-the-week-6-canons-scales-controlling-midi-etc-category/1122)

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Week 6 of the Learning TidalCycles course

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## [Week 6, lesson 4 - controlling Tidal with MIDI](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-4-controlling-tidal-with-midi/1260)

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**Author:** [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\
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**Last updated:** [10 August 2021 20:54 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-4-controlling-tidal-with-midi/1260 "2021-08-10T20:54:37Z")

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Here's the basics covered with controlling Tidal from MIDI. There's a bit more to cover here in terms of tips and tricks, so I think I'll do another video soon.. In the meantime feel free to ask questions, as it'll help …

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## [Week 6, lesson 2 - musical scales, including navigating them with waveforms](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-2-musical-scales-including-navigating-them-with-waveforms/1256)

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Time to look at musical scales. Moving around scales can be especially fun with waveforms, so there's a lot of focus on that. It's a bit fiddly because as I explain in the video, you have to convert between decimal and w…

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## [Week 6, lesson 1 - canons with "off"](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-1-canons-with-off/1123)

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A little bit ahead of time, here's an intro to a function close to my heart, off. 0:38 - technical aside - what the 'type' is for the "off" function 1:30 - what "off" actually does - example with bitcrus…

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## [Week 6, Lesson 3 - controlling MIDI devices](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-3-controlling-midi-devices/1258)

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**Last updated:** [28 May 2020 23:58 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-6-lesson-3-controlling-midi-devices/1258 "2020-05-28T23:58:28Z")

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Here's a quick video running through connecting up a MIDI synth to Tidal, and controlling it with CC and NRPN: