A note sequence in abc tune (first voice)

Realization

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Same value

Also written as

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

• MIDI : beatslossy
  62:1,65:1,69:1
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
• MIDI : tickslossy
  62:480,65:480,69:480
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
• MIDI : millisecondslossy
  62:500,65:500,69:500
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
• Note / note-valuelossy
  D4/q,F4/q,A4/q
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
• MIDI pitches in orderlossy
  62,65,69
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops interpretation. MIDI pitches in order is an interpretation and does not read back exactly.
• Note names in orderlossy
  D4,F4,A4
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops interpretation. Note names in order is an interpretation and does not read back exactly.
• ABC tune (first voice) · this pagelossy
  X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:C D2 F2 A2 |]
• Humdrum **kern (first spine from the right)lossy
  **kern *M4/4 *k[] *C: 4d 4f 4a == *-
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.

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.

• Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

  lossy
  62:1,65:1,69:1

  Path melody → note-space

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests. Counts how often each MIDI note occurs (weighted by occurrence, not duration).

• Note set · Letter names

  lossy
  D4-F4-A4

  Path melody → note-set

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.

• Point melody · Point : beats

  lossy
  0:1,3:1,7:1

  Path melody → point-melody

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops root, register. A melody loses its absolute pitch, keeping rhythm and relative shape.

• Rhythm · Beats

  lossy
  1,1,1

  Path melody → rhythm

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops pitch. A melody's timing alone — its durations and rests, with the pitches removed.

• Scale degrees · Jianpu (numbered notation)

  lossy
  1=C 2 4 6

  Path melody → scale-degrees · needs key, octave

  • Assumed key C major. No key was given, so C major is used.
  • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops timing, rests. Each note's distance from the key's tonic (in the context octave) as a degree; rests and durations are dropped.

• Score (voices) · Voices: pipe-separated melodies in beats

  lossy
  62:1,65:1,69:1

  Path melody → score · needs key, meter

  • Assumed key C major. No key was given, so C major is used.
  • Assumed meter 4/4. No meter was given, so 4/4 is used: one cycle is one 4/4 bar.
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops metadata. Voices notation writes the notes only: key, meter, tempo, title and chords are dropped.

• Chord symbol · Chord symbol

  lossy
  Dm

  Path melody → note-set → chord

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4 is named Dm; register and voicing are dropped.

• Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)

  lossy
  aura@C3:2,2 2,3 3,3

  Path melody → note-set → grid-position · needs layout, root

  • Assumed layout aura. No layout was given, so positions are read on the aura layout.
  • Assumed root C3. No root was given, so the value sounds above C3.
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops alternative positions. A4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.

• Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

  lossy
  0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0

  Path melody → note-space → pc-space

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests. Counts how often each MIDI note occurs (weighted by occurrence, not duration).
  • Drops octave, register. Folds 128 MIDI bins into 12 pitch-class bins, keeping the weights.

• Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers

  lossy
  2-5-9

  Path melody → note-set → pc-set

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.

• Point set · Semitone offsets

  lossy
  0-3-7

  Path melody → note-set → point-set

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops root, register. A note set keeps its shape as offsets from its lowest note and forgets where it sits.

• Rhythmic pattern · Binary onsets

  lossy
  111

  Path melody → rhythm → fractional-rhythmic-pattern

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops pitch. A melody's timing alone — its durations and rests, with the pitches removed.

• Pitch class · Pitch-class number

  lossy
  2

  Path melody → note-set → chord → pitch-class

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4 is named Dm; register and voicing are dropped.
  • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

• Set class · Forte name

  lossy
  3-11A

  Path melody → note-set → pc-set → pc-set-analysis

  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.
  • Drops transposition. The set's Tn class (Forte name with A/B, prime form); the transposition is dropped.

• Note · Letter name

  lossy
  D4

  Path melody → note-set → chord → pitch-class → note · needs octave

  • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
  • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
  • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
  • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4 is named Dm; register and voicing are dropped.
  • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('melody/abc/X:1%0AM:4%2F4%0AL:1%2F8%0AK:C%0AD2%20F2%20A2%20%7C%5D')