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"detailed_description": "<h2 class=\"bb_tag\" > 🎶 <strong>Etude</strong> turns live improvisation into a competitive team sport.</h2><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" >Up to 6 players connect into one shared harmonic field called the <strong>Band Consensus</strong>. Every note you press or release is a vote. Together, those votes define which roots and scales are “in bounds” at any given moment.</p><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" >Stay inside the Consensus and the band hears you. Step outside it and your notes are lost in the void — silent — you flash red and your Elo-style rating takes a hit, without poisoning the mix for other players. The potential harmonic space keeps breathing while players push and pull on it in real time, creating new harmonic avenues.</p><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" >Your performance is rated by a <strong>Symphonic Score</strong>, an Elo-style ladder for musical play. <strong>Control Ratio</strong> and <strong>Consensus Leadership</strong> metrics keep you from hiding in silence or flooding the room with notes. </p><h2 class=\"bb_tag\" >Two Ways to Play: MIDI or QWERTY Sequencer</h2><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" >You can enter the arena in two different ways:</p><ul class=\"bb_ul\"><li><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" ><strong>MIDI Mode</strong> – Plug in a MIDI keyboard and play directly, note-for-note, against the evolving Band Consensus.</p></li><li><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" ><strong>QWERTY Sequencer Mode</strong> – Use the new <strong>Sequencer to</strong> build loop banks on your computer keyboard. Each key on QWERTY holds a melodic and rhythmic pattern you design; you trigger, layer, mute, and mutate loops live, like playing a sampler.</p></li></ul><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" >Both input modes are locked to the same shared harmonic rules. Whether you’re playing by hand or firing sequences, every action is still a vote in the Consensus.</p><h2 class=\"bb_tag\" >Modes</h2><ul class=\"bb_ul\"><li><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" ><strong>Ranked Matches</strong><br>Play time-limited games inspired by chess controls: Bullet, Blitz, Rapid. You share one evolving piece of music while managing the clock, making every second and every note count.</p></li></ul><ul class=\"bb_ul\"><li><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" ><strong>Free Mode</strong><br>No timers, no scoring, no penalties. Just the Band Consensus and whatever you and your friends do with it, a sandbox for relaxed jamming, experiments, or onboarding new players.</p></li></ul><ul class=\"bb_ul\"><li><p class=\"bb_paragraph\" ><strong>Practice Mode</strong><br>For those that want to master improvisation. Each game gives you a report on what chords and scales you performed well and poorly on. Use that report to build and connect drills to train the reflexes you bring back into the arena.</p></li></ul>",
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