Velato
created: Dec. 2, 2025, 4:55 p.m. | updated: Dec. 9, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
The esoteric programming language Velato uses music as its source code.
The first note of a composition establishes a “command root” note, and the intervals that follow specify instructions.
The command root can be changed between statements, and the notes that make up a chord can be interpreted in a specified order, so there’s some latitude to help a composition sound “musical.” This program produces the output “Hello, World”:Here’s what that sounds like:A few other musical languages: Fugue, VenetianScript, Yet Another Musical Esolang.
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