Question

I’m getting “invalid syntax” errors pointing to the “in” statement. What’s my mistake?

while(notes > 1):
    note = choice(scale)
    if note[0].isupper() and not in patternNotes:
        patternNotes.append(note)
        notes -= 1

    elif note is not rootNote and note not in patternNotes:
        patternNotes.append(note)
        notes -= 1

Answer 1

You probably want

if note[0].isupper() and note not in patternNotes:

rather than

if note[0].isupper() and not in patternNotes:

Note the lacking note in the second one.