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A pitch-class set in pitch-class numbers

exactNeeds root, octave before it sounds

0-2-5-7

Addresspc-set/numbers/0-2-5-7

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B4

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

48·50·53·55

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
    Csus24

    Path pc-set → chord

    • Drops alternative names. 0-2-5-7 is also D7sus4#9no5/C, G7sus4/C; Csus24 is kept.
  • Note set · Letter names

    exact
    C4-D4-F4-G4

    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
    1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0

    Path pc-set → pc-space

  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    exact
    0-2-5-7

    Path pc-set → point-set

  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    4-23

    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 2,2 2,3 4,1

    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, G4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    exact
    60:1,62:1,65:1,67:1

    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.
  • Pitch class · Pitch-class number

    lossy
    0

    Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

    • Drops alternative names. 0-2-5-7 is also D7sus4#9no5/C, G7sus4/C; Csus24 is kept.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
  • Note · Letter name

    lossy
    C4

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

    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops alternative names. 0-2-5-7 is also D7sus4#9no5/C, G7sus4/C; Csus24 is kept.
    • Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set/numbers/0-2-5-7')

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