A pitch-class set in detected scale name

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 numberslossy
  0-1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9-11
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
• 12-bit binarylossy
  111101111101
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
• Binary as decimallossy
  3965
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
• Note nameslossy
  C-C#-D-D#-F-F#-G-G#-A-B
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
• Detected chord name

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

• Detected scale name · this pagelossy
  C messiaen's mode #7
• Decimal, root at bit 0 (Ian Ring)lossy
  3055
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.

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

  lossy
  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.
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.

• Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

  Path pc-set → pc-space

  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.

• Point set · Semitone offsets

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

  Path pc-set → point-set

  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.

• Set class · Forte name

  lossy
  10-6

  Path pc-set → pc-set-analysis

  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
  • 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 tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.
  • 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

  lossy
  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.
  • Drops tonic, step order. C messiaen's mode #7 is read as its pitch classes.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set/scale/C%20messiaen\'s%20mode%20%237')