+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# MidiUtils - misc utilities to analyze midi files opened with python-mido
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+def is_note(msg):
+ return msg.type == 'note_on' or msg.type == 'note_off'
+
+
+def is_note_on(msg):
+ return msg.type == 'note_on' and msg.velocity > 0
+
+
+def is_note_off(msg):
+ return ((msg.type == 'note_on' and msg.velocity == 0) or
+ (msg.type == 'note_off'))
+
+
+def check_overlapping_notes(midi_file):
+ previous_note_on = False
+ for msg in midi_file:
+ if is_note_on(msg) and msg.channel == 0:
+ if previous_note_on:
+ return True
+
+ previous_note_on = True
+ elif is_note_off(msg) and msg.channel == 0:
+ previous_note_on = False
+
+ return False