A pitch-class set in pitch-class numbers

Realization

See and hear it

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the pitch-class set concept, formatted from this value by the Symbolic library.

• Pitch-class numbers · this pageexact
  1-4-6-8-11
• 12-bit binaryexact
  010010101001
• Binary as decimalexact
  1193
• Note namesexact
  C#-E-F#-G#-B
• Detected chord namelossy
  C#m7add11
  • Drops alternative names. 1-4-6-8-11 is also E6add9/C#, F#11/C#, F#9sus4/C#; the first name is kept.
  • Drops interpretation. Detected chord name is an interpretation and does not read back exactly.
• Detected scale namelossy
  C# minor pentatonic
  • Drops interpretation. Detected scale name is an interpretation and does not read back exactly.
• Decimal, root at bit 0 (Ian Ring)exact
  2386

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 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

  exact
  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.

• Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

  Path pc-set → pc-space

• Point set · Semitone offsets

  exact
  1-4-6-8-11

  Path pc-set → point-set

• Set class · Forte name

  lossy
  5-35

  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@C3:1,3 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 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

  exact
  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.

• Pitch class · Pitch-class number

  lossy
  1

  Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

  • 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 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/numbers/1-4-6-8-11')