Symbolic / Pitch-class set analysis / Prime form

A pitch-class set analysis in prime form

exactNeeds root, octave before it sounds

013589

Addresspc-set-analysis/prime/013589

Realization

See and hear it

The value is played as one MIDI chord. Assumed: root C.

48·49·51·53·56·57

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the set class 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.

  • Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers

    exact
    0-1-3-5-8-9

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set · needs root

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
  • Chord symbol · Chord symbol

    lossy
    F7#9b13/C

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → chord · needs root

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • Drops interpretation. 0-1-3-5-8-9 is named F7#9b13/C, a detection rather than a spelling.
  • Note set · Letter names

    exact
    C4-Db4-Eb4-F4-Ab4-A4

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → note-set · needs root, octave

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

    exact
    1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → pc-space · needs root

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    exact
    0-1-3-5-8-9

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → point-set · needs root

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
  • Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)

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

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

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • 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 alternative positions. C4 has 2 positions, Eb4 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
    60:1,61:1,63:1,65:1,68:1,69:1

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → note-set → note-space · needs root, octave

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
  • Pitch class · Pitch-class number

    lossy
    5

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → chord → pitch-class · needs root

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • Drops interpretation. 0-1-3-5-8-9 is named F7#9b13/C, a detection rather than a spelling.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
  • Note · Letter name

    lossy
    F4

    Path pc-set-analysis → pc-set → chord → pitch-class → note · needs root, octave

    • Assumed root C. No root was given, so the value is read from C.
    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops interpretation. 0-1-3-5-8-9 is named F7#9b13/C, a detection rather than a spelling.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set-analysis/prime/013589')

The slash address goes in single quotes; in double quotes it would be mini-notation, where / divides time.

Open in Code Sequencer

More about Prime form