Symbolic / Score / ABC tune (voices from V:)

A score in abc tune (voices from v:)

exactNeeds tempo before it sounds· carries root, octave, timing, key, meter

X:1 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:C C2 D2 E2 F2 | G4 z4 |]

Addressscore/abc/X:1%0AM:4%2F4%0AL:1%2F8%0AK:C%0AC2%20D2%20E2%20F2%20%7C%20G4%20z4%20%7C%5D

Realization

See and hear it

2 bars of 4/4 · C major

  • voice1 · 5 notes

In Symbolic Cycle, sym() plays each voice as its own part on its own channel and the chord lane as chords, one bar per cycle.

Each step is what sounds at one attack across the score's voice; durations and the chord lane are not kept in this preview.

60 62 64 65 67

Same value

Also written as

Every notation of the score (voices) 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.

  • Melody · MIDI : beats

    lossy
    60:1,62:1,64:1,65:1,67:2,r:2

    Path score → melody

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.

  • Note distribution · MIDI : weight pairs

    lossy
    60:1,62:1,64:1,65:1,67:1

    Path score → melody → note-space

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests. Counts how often each MIDI note occurs (weighted by occurrence, not duration).

  • Note set · Letter names

    lossy
    C4-D4-E4-F4-G4

    Path score → melody → note-set

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.

  • Point melody · Point : beats

    lossy
    0:1,2:1,4:1,5:1,7:2,r:2

    Path score → melody → point-melody

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops root, register. A melody loses its absolute pitch, keeping rhythm and relative shape.

  • Rhythm · Beats

    lossy
    1,1,1,1,2,r2

    Path score → melody → rhythm

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops pitch. A melody's timing alone — its durations and rests, with the pitches removed.

  • Scale degrees · Jianpu (numbered notation)

    lossy
    1=C 1 2 3 4 5

    Path score → melody → scale-degrees · needs key, octave

    • Assumed key C major. No key was given, so C major is used.
    • Assumed octave 4. No octave was given, so octave 4 is used.
    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops timing, rests. Each note's distance from the key's tonic (in the context octave) as a degree; rests and durations are dropped.

  • Grid position · Cells col,row (optional layout@origin: prefix)

    lossy
    aura@C3:3,0 2,2 4,0 2,3 4,1

    Path score → melody → note-set → grid-position · needs layout, root

    • 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 key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
    • Drops alternative positions. C4 has 2 positions, E4 has 2 positions, G4 has 2 positions on aura; the one nearest (0, 0) is kept.

  • Pitch-class distribution · Twelve weights

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

    Path score → melody → note-space → pc-space

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests. Counts how often each MIDI note occurs (weighted by occurrence, not duration).
    • Drops octave, register. Folds 128 MIDI bins into 12 pitch-class bins, keeping the weights.

  • Pitch-class set · Pitch-class numbers

    lossy
    0-2-4-5-7

    Path score → melody → note-set → pc-set

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
    • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.

  • Point set · Semitone offsets

    lossy
    0-2-4-5-7

    Path score → melody → note-set → point-set

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
    • Drops root, register. A note set keeps its shape as offsets from its lowest note and forgets where it sits.

  • Rhythmic pattern · Binary onsets

    lossy
    11111000

    Path score → melody → rhythm → fractional-rhythmic-pattern

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops pitch. A melody's timing alone — its durations and rests, with the pitches removed.

  • Set class · Forte name

    lossy
    5-23B

    Path score → melody → note-set → pc-set → pc-set-analysis

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.
    • Drops octave, register, duplication, order. A note set collapses to the unordered set of its pitch classes.
    • Drops transposition. The set's Tn class (Forte name with A/B, prime form); the transposition is dropped.
6 bridges exist but fail for this value

  • Chord progression

    score→chord-sequence: The score has no chord lane and its simultaneities name no chords.

    Path score → chord-sequence

  • Pitch-class set sequence

    score→chord-sequence: The score has no chord lane and its simultaneities name no chords.

    Path score → chord-sequence → pc-set-sequence

  • Roman-numeral progression

    score→chord-sequence: The score has no chord lane and its simultaneities name no chords.

    Path score → chord-sequence → functional-harmony · needs key

  • Chord symbol

    note-set→chord: Invalid note set as a chord: received "C4-D4-E4-F4-G4", expected notes that name a chord

    Path score → melody → note-set → chord

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.

  • Pitch class

    note-set→chord: Invalid note set as a chord: received "C4-D4-E4-F4-G4", expected notes that name a chord

    Path score → melody → note-set → chord → pitch-class

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.

  • Note

    note-set→chord: Invalid note set as a chord: received "C4-D4-E4-F4-G4", expected notes that name a chord

    Path score → melody → note-set → chord → pitch-class → note · needs octave

    • Drops key, meter. A melody does not carry the key C major, meter 4/4; read the score to keep them, or pass them as context when writing it back.
    • Drops order, duration, rests, repetition. A melody collapses to the unordered, untimed set of pitches it uses.

Live coding

Use in Symbolic Cycle

sym('score/abc/X:1%0AM:4%2F4%0AL:1%2F8%0AK:C%0AC2%20D2%20E2%20F2%20%7C%20G4%20z4%20%7C%5D')

Each voice plays as its own part on its own channel, one bar of the score's meter per cycle; the chord lane plays as chords. The address goes in single quotes.

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