Symbolic / Note set / Chord symbol

A note set in chord symbol

lossyCarries everything it needs to sound· carries root, octave

Dm7

  • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
Addressnote-set/chord-name/Dm7

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B4

The value is played as one MIDI chord.

50·53·57·60

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the note set 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.

  • Chord symbol · Chord symbol

    lossy
    Dm7

    Path note-set → chord

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4-C5 is named Dm7 (also F6/D); register and voicing are dropped.
  • Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)

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

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

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • 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 interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops alternative positions. A4 has 2 positions, C5 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    lossy
    62:1,65:1,69:1,72:1

    Path note-set → note-space

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
  • Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers

    lossy
    0-2-5-9

    Path note-set → pc-set

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.
  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    lossy
    0-3-7-10

    Path note-set → point-set

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops root, register. A note set keeps its shape as offsets from its lowest note and forgets where it sits.
  • Pitch class · Pitch-class number

    lossy
    2

    Path note-set → chord → pitch-class

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4-C5 is named Dm7 (also F6/D); register and voicing are dropped.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

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

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops octave, register. Folds 128 MIDI bins into 12 pitch-class bins, keeping the weights.
  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    4-26

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

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • 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 note-set → chord → pitch-class → note · needs octave

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. note-set/chord-name is an interpretation of the value.
    • Drops octave, voicing. D4-F4-A4-C5 is named Dm7 (also F6/D); register and voicing are dropped.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('note-set/chord-name/Dm7')

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