Symbolic / Pitch-class set / Detected scale name

A pitch-class set in detected scale name

lossyNeeds root, octave before it sounds

D messiaen's mode #4

  • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
Addresspc-set/scale/D%20messiaen's%20mode%20%234

Realization

See and hear it

CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B8

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.

  • Note set · Letter names

    lossy
    Db4-D4-Eb4-E4-G4-Ab4-A4-Bb4

    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. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

    Path pc-set → pc-space

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    lossy
    1-2-3-4-7-8-9-10

    Path pc-set → point-set

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    8-9

    Path pc-set → pc-set-analysis

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 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@C3:1,3 2,2 3,1 4,0 4,1 2,4 3,3 4,2

    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. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
    • Drops alternative positions. Eb4 has 2 positions, E4 has 2 positions, G4 has 2 positions, Ab4 has 2 positions, A4 has 2 positions, Bb4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.
  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    lossy
    61:1,62:1,63:1,64:1,67:1,68:1,69:1,70:1

    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. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
3 bridges exist but fail for this value
  • Chord symbol

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "1-2-3-4-7-8-9-10", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
  • Pitch class

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "1-2-3-4-7-8-9-10", expected a set that names a chord

    Path pc-set → chord → pitch-class

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.
  • Note

    pc-set→chord: Invalid pc set as a chord: received "1-2-3-4-7-8-9-10", expected a set that names a chord

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

    • Drops tonic, step order. D messiaen's mode #4 is read as its pitch classes.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('pc-set/scale/D%20messiaen\'s%20mode%20%234')

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

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