Symbolic / Pitch-class set / Detected chord name

A pitch-class set in detected chord name

lossyNeeds root, octave before it sounds

C#m7add11

  • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
Addresspc-set/chord/C%23m7add11

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B5

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

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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.

  • Chord symbol · Chord symbol

    lossy
    C#m7add11

    Path pc-set → chord

    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
    • Drops alternative names. 1-4-6-8-11 is also E6/9/C#, F#11/C#, F#9sus4/C#; C#m7add11 is kept.
  • Note set · Letter names

    lossy
    Db4-E4-Gb4-Ab4-B4

    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.
    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

    Path pc-set → pc-space

    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    lossy
    1-4-6-8-11

    Path pc-set → point-set

    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    5-35

    Path pc-set → pc-set-analysis

    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
    • 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@C3:1,3 4,0 3,2 2,4 5,1

    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 root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
    • Drops alternative positions. E4 has 2 positions, Gb4 has 2 positions, Ab4 has 2 positions, B4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    lossy
    61:1,64:1,66:1,68:1,71:1

    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.
    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
  • Pitch class · Pitch-class number

    lossy
    1

    Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
    • Drops alternative names. 1-4-6-8-11 is also E6/9/C#, F#11/C#, F#9sus4/C#; C#m7add11 is kept.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
  • Note · Letter name

    lossy
    Db4

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

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops root function, spelling. C#m7add11 is read as its pitch classes; which one is the root is forgotten.
    • Drops alternative names. 1-4-6-8-11 is also E6/9/C#, F#11/C#, F#9sus4/C#; C#m7add11 is kept.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set/chord/C%23m7add11')

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