Symbolic / Pitch-class set / 12-bit binary

A pitch-class set in 12-bit binary

exactNeeds root, octave before it sounds

001110000000

Addresspc-set/binary/001110000000

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B3

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

50·51·52

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the pitch-class 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.

  • Note set · Letter names

    exact
    D4-Eb4-E4

    Path 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
    0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

    Path pc-set → pc-space

  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    exact
    2-3-4

    Path pc-set → point-set

  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    3-1

    Path pc-set → pc-set-analysis

    • Drops transposition. The set's Tn class (Forte name with A/B, prime form); the transposition is dropped.
  • Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)

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

    Path 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. Eb4 has 2 positions, E4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    exact
    62:1,63:1,64:1

    Path 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.
3 bridges exist but fail for this value
  • Chord symbol

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "2-3-4", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord

  • Pitch class

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "2-3-4", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

  • Note

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "2-3-4", expected a set that names a chord

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

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set/binary/001110000000')

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

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