MusicalNotation

A set of classes related to Musical Notation (Percussion, Note, Chord, Progression).

Installation

a/ Clone this repository to your computer and copy the directory to the Extension directory (The path can be found by evaluating Platform.userExtensionDir or Platform.systemExtensionDir).

b/ Execute this -> Quarks.install("https://github.com/lvm/MusicalNotation");

Usage

Note

``` Note.at(\c); -> 0

Note.g; -> 7

Note.directory; -> a: Semitone 9 af: Semitone 8 as: Semitone 10 b: Semitone 11 bf: Semitone 10 c: Semitone 0 cs: Semitone 1 d: Semitone 2 ...

Note.names; -> [ a, af, as, b, bf, c, cs, d, df, ds, e, ef, f, fs, g, gf, gs ]

[\c, \a, \f, \e].asNote; -> [ 0, 9, 5, 4 ]

Pseq([\c, \a, \f, \e], inf).asStream.nextN(10); -> [ 0, 9, 5, 4, 0, 9, 5, 4, 0, 9 ] ```

Chord

``` Chord.at(\maj) -> Chord([ 0, 4, 7 ], "Major")

Chord.maj -> Chord([ 0, 4, 7 ], "Major")

Chord.choose(4); -> Chord([ 0, 4, 6, 10 ], "7 Flat 5")

Chord.new(notes: [0, 1, 2], name: "Test chord") -> Chord([ 0, 1, 2 ], "Test chord")

Chord.all.put(\test, Chord.new(notes: [0, 1, 2], name: "Test chord")); -> IdentityDictionary[ (test -> Chord.test) ]

Chord.test; -> Chord([ 0, 1, 2 ], "Test chord")

Chord.directory; -> Add Eleven: add11 has 5 Notes Add Thirteen: add13 has 5 Notes Add 9: add9 has 4 Notes Augmented: aug has 3 Notes Diminished: dim has 3 Notes Diminished 7th: dim7 has 4 Notes Dominant 7th: dom7 has 4 Notes Eleven: eleven has 6 Notes ...

Chord.names; -> [ sixSus4, m9, sevenSharp9, maj11, m7, sevenFlat5, dom7, m6add9, m7dim, m7Flat5, one, dim, sus4, six, m11, maj, majAdd13, m7Flat9, mMaj7, mMaj9, sevenSharp5, dim7, mMaj11, add11, maj9Sus4, m6, eleven, mAdd13, mMajAdd11, sevenFlat9, aug, m13, sevenSus4, maj7Sus4, maj7, sevenSharp5Flat9, sus2, thirteen, mAdd11, m7Sharp5, add13, nineSharp11, madd9, min, majAdd11, mMaj13, nine, maj9, nineFlat13, add9, sixadd9, five, maj13, mMajAdd13, nineSus4 ]

Pseq([\maj, \min], inf).asStream.nextN(10); -> [ [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 0, 3, 7 ], [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 0, 3, 7 ], [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 0, 3, 7 ], [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 0, 3, 7 ], [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 0, 3, 7 ] ] ```

Progression

``` Progression.at(\sad); -> Progression([ 0, 3, 4, 4 ], "Sad")

Progression.sad; -> Progression([ 0, 3, 4, 4 ], "Sad")

Progression.new(degrees: [2, 3, 1, 5], name: "Weird"); -> Progression([ 2, 3, 1, 5 ], "Weird")

Progression.all.put(\weird, Progression.new(degrees: [2, 3, 1, 5], name: "Weird")); -> IdentityDictionary[ (weird -> Progression.weird) ]

Progression.weird; -> Progression([ 2, 3, 1, 5 ], "Weird")

Progression.sad.roman; -> i-iv-v-v

Progression.directory; -> Ballad: ballad i-i-iv-vi Ballad Alt: balladAlt i-iv-vi-v Blues: blues i-iv-i-v-i Blues Alt: bluesAlt i-i-i-i-iv-iv-i-i-v-iv-i-i Creepy: creepy i-vi-iv-v Creepy Alt: creepyAlt i-vi-ii-v 50s: fifties i-vi-iv-v General: gral i-iv-v-i ...

Progression.names; -> [ ballad, balladAlt, blues, bluesAlt, creepy, creepyAlt, eleven, elevenb, elevenc, elevend, fifties, gral, gralAlt, nrg, pop, rebel, rock, rockAlt, roll, sad, unresolved ]

Scale.major.chordProgression(\sad, \c); -> [ [ 0, 4, 7 ], [ 5, 9, 12 ], [ 7, 11, 14 ], [ 7, 11, 14 ] ]

Scale.major.chordProgression(\weird, \g); -> [ [ 11, 14, 18 ], [ 12, 16, 19 ], [ 9, 12, 16 ], [ 16, 19, 23 ] ] ```

Percussion

``` Percussion.at(\bd); -> 36

Percussion.bd; -> 36

Percussion.directory; -> abd: MIDI Note 35 ag: MIDI Note 68 bd: MIDI Note 36 be: MIDI Note 53 bt: MIDI Note 84 ca: MIDI Note 69 cas: MIDI Note 85 ch: MIDI Note 42 ...

Percussion.names; -> [ abd, ag, bd, be, bt, ca, cas, ch, cl, cow, cp, cr, cr2, cy, esn, gui, hag, hb, hc, hft, hh, hmt, hq, ht, hti, hwb, jb, lag, lb, lc, lft, lgui, lmt, lt, lti, lwb, lwi, ma, mb, mc, mcl, mhc, ms, mt, oc, oh, ohc, os, ot, ph, ri, ri2, rm, scr, scy, sgui, sha, sl, sn, spl, sps, sqc, st, sti, swi, ta, vib, whi ]

[\bd, \sn, \ch, \oh].asPercussion; -> [ 36, 38, 42, 46 ]

Pseq([\bd, \sn, \ch, \oh], inf).asStream.nextN(10); -> [ 36, 38, 42, 46, 36, 38, 42, 46, 36, 38 ] ```

Reference

• https://www.midi.org/specifications/item/gm-level-1-sound-set
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI_Level_2#Drum_sounds

License

LICENSE