Symbolic / Pitch-class set / Pitch-class numbers

A pitch-class set in pitch-class numbers

exactNeeds root, octave before it sounds

0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11

Addresspc-set/numbers/0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B10

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

48·49·50·51·53·54·55·56·57·59

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
    C4-Db4-D4-Eb4-F4-Gb4-G4-Ab4-A4-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.
  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

    Path pc-set → pc-space

  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    exact
    0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11

    Path pc-set → point-set

  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    10-6

    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@C3:3,0 1,3 2,2 3,1 2,3 3,2 4,1 2,4 3,3 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 alternative positions. C4 has 2 positions, Eb4 has 2 positions, Gb4 has 2 positions, G4 has 2 positions, Ab4 has 2 positions, A4 has 2 positions, B4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    exact
    60:1,61:1,62:1,63:1,65:1,66:1,67:1,68:1,69:1,71:1

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

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord

  • Pitch class

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

  • Note

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11", 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/numbers/0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11')

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

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