Symbolic / Fractional Rhythmic Pattern / Onset positions / steps

A fractional rhythmic pattern in onset positions / steps

exactNeeds meter, tempo before it sounds· carries timing

0,1,2,3,4,5,6/8

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Realization

See and hear it

8 steps, 7 onsets, no meter given. Box notation xxxxxxx..

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the rhythmic pattern concept, formatted from this value by the Symbolic library.

Other concepts

Bridges

Converting into another concept may need context this value does not carry (a root, an octave, a key). Where it is missing the library assumes a default and says so; where a step drops information it is listed.

  • Rhythm · Beats

    exact
    0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,1

    Path fractional-rhythmic-pattern → rhythm · needs meter

    • Assumed meter 4/4. No meter was given, so 4/4 is used: one cycle is one 4/4 bar.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

drums("kick").rhythm("bendir")

A rhythm has no pitches, so it shapes a part through .rhythm() instead of sym().

Open in Code Sequencer

Named rhythms

Timeline library

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