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Notes, Keys, Chords and Scales
Author: Charney Kaye
Website: http://w.charney.io
There's an example command-line utility `music-theory.go` to demo the libraries, with a `bin/` wrapper.
To build and install `music-theory` to your machine:
make install
Then, to calculate the note pitch classes for a specified Chord:
$ music-theory chord "Cm nondominant -5 679" root: C tones: 3: D# 6: A 7: A# 9: D
To list the names of all the known chord-building rules:
$ music-theory chords - Basic - Nondominant - Major Triad - Minor Triad - Augmented Triad - Diminished Triad - Suspended Triad - Omit Fifth - Flat Fifth - Add Sixth - Augmented Sixth - Omit Sixth - Add Seventh - Dominant Seventh - Major Seventh - Minor Seventh - Diminished Seventh - Half Diminished Seventh - Diminished Major Seventh - Augmented Major Seventh - Augmented Minor Seventh - Harmonic Seventh - Omit Seventh - Add Ninth - Dominant Ninth - Major Ninth - Minor Ninth - Sharp Ninth - Omit Ninth - Add Eleventh - Dominant Eleventh - Major Eleventh - Minor Eleventh - Omit Eleventh - Add Thirteenth - Dominant Thirteenth - Major Thirteenth - Minor Thirteenth
To calculate the note pitch classes for a specified Scale:
$ music-theory scale "C aug" root: C tones: 1: C 2: D# 3: E 4: G 5: G# 6: B
To list the names of all the known scale-building rules:
$ music-theory scales - Default (Major) - Minor - Major - Natural Minor - Diminished - Augmented - Melodic Minor Ascend - Melodic Minor Descend - Harmonic Minor - Ionian - Dorian - Phrygian - Lydian - Mixolydian - Aeolian - Locrian
To determine a key:
$ music-theory key Db root: Db mode: Major relative: root: Bb mode: Minor
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A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
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A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. |
The key of a piece is a group of pitches, or scale upon which a music composition is created in classical, Western art, and Western pop music.
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The key of a piece is a group of pitches, or scale upon which a music composition is created in classical, Western art, and Western pop music. |
Note has an adjustment symbol (Sharp or Flat) to render the "accidental notes for a given name (e.g.
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Note has an adjustment symbol (Sharp or Flat) to render the "accidental notes for a given name (e.g. |
A Scale Interval is how the members of the scale are counted, from 1 (the "root") to e.g.
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A Scale Interval is how the members of the scale are counted, from 1 (the "root") to e.g. |
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