Symbolic / Point Set / Semitone offsets
A point set in semitone offsets
0-2-7
point-set/steps/0-2-7Realization
See and hear it
The value is played as one MIDI chord. Assumed: root C.
48·50·55
Same value
Also written as
Every notation of the point 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.
- C4-D4-G4
Note set · Letter names
exactPath point-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.
- 0-2-7
Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers
lossyPath point-set → pc-set
- Drops octave placement, doubling. Offsets fold into the octave above the root.
- Csus2
Chord symbol · Chord symbol
lossyPath point-set → note-set → chord · 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 octave, voicing. C4-D4-G4 is named Csus2 (also Gsus4/C); register and voicing are dropped.
- aura@C3:3,0 2,2 4,1
Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)
lossyPath point-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.
- 60:1,62:1,67:1
Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs
exactPath point-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.
- 1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0
Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights
lossyPath point-set → pc-set → pc-space
- Drops octave placement, doubling. Offsets fold into the octave above the root.
- 3-9
Set class · Forte name
lossyPath point-set → pc-set → pc-set-analysis
- Drops octave placement, doubling. Offsets fold into the octave above the root.
- Drops transposition. The set's Tn class (Forte name with A/B, prime form); the transposition is dropped.
- 0
Pitch class · Pitch-class number
lossyPath point-set → note-set → chord → pitch-class · 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 octave, voicing. C4-D4-G4 is named Csus2 (also Gsus4/C); register and voicing are dropped.
- Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
- C4
Note · Letter name
lossyPath point-set → note-set → chord → pitch-class → note · 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 octave, voicing. C4-D4-G4 is named Csus2 (also Gsus4/C); register and voicing are dropped.
- Drops quality, bass. A chord symbol's root.
Live coding
Use in Symbolic Cycle
sym('point-set/steps/0-2-7')The slash address goes in single quotes; in double quotes it would be mini-notation, where / divides time.
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