A note set in original notation

Realization

See and hear it

Same value

Also written as

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

• Letter namesexact
  C4-Db4-Eb4-E4-Gb4-Ab4-A4
• MIDI numbersexact
  60-61-63-64-66-68-69
• Chord symbol

  Invalid note set as a chord name: received "C4-Db4-Eb4-E4-Gb4-Ab4-A4", expected a set that names a chord

• Original notation · this pageexact
  C4-Db4-Eb4-E4-Gb4-Ab4-A4

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.

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

  lossy
  aura@C3:3,0 1,3 3,1 4,0 3,2 2,4 3,3

  Path 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 alternative positions. C4 has 2 positions, Eb4 has 2 positions, E4 has 2 positions, Gb4 has 2 positions, Ab4 has 2 positions, A4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.

• Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

  exact
  60:1,61:1,63:1,64:1,66:1,68:1,69:1

  Path note-set → note-space

• Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers

  lossy
  0-1-3-4-6-8-9

  Path note-set → pc-set

  • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.

• Point set · Semitone offsets

  lossy
  0-1-3-4-6-8-9

  Path note-set → point-set

  • Drops root, register. A note set keeps its shape as offsets from its lowest note and forgets where it sits.

• Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

  Path note-set → note-space → pc-space

  • Drops octave, register. Folds 128 MIDI bins into 12 pitch-class bins, keeping the weights.

• Set class · Forte name

  lossy
  7-32A

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

  • 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.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('note-set/auto/C4-Db4-Eb4-E4-Gb4-Ab4-A4')