A pitch class is like a pitch, but with no octave specified. E.g. the pitch class "B♭".
Music.Internal.PitchClass.PitchClass
fromPitch : Music.Internal.Pitch.Pitch -> PitchClass
Convert a Pitch
to a PitchClass
.
fromPitch Pitch.c4 == c
areEnharmonicEquivalents : PitchClass -> PitchClass -> Basics.Bool
Check whether two pitch classes are enharmonic equivalents of each other. Enharmonic equivalents are two pitch classes with different names but the same sound:
areEnharmonicEquivalents cFlat b == True
letter : PitchClass -> Letter
Get the letter name of a pitch class:
letter fSharp =
F
accidentals : PitchClass -> Basics.Int
Get the accidentals of a pitch class.
Sharps are positive:
accidentals fSharp =
1
Flats are negative:
accidentals aFlat =
-1
Naturals are zero:
accidentals c =
0
toString : PitchClass -> String
Get a pitch class's letter name and accidental:
toString bFlat == "B♭"
c : PitchClass
cSharp : PitchClass
d : PitchClass
dSharp : PitchClass
dFlat : PitchClass
e : PitchClass
eFlat : PitchClass
f : PitchClass
fSharp : PitchClass
g : PitchClass
gSharp : PitchClass
gFlat : PitchClass
a : PitchClass
aSharp : PitchClass
aFlat : PitchClass
b : PitchClass
bFlat : PitchClass
These are used less frequently in music. Most likely you want a pitch from the previous section.
cFlat : PitchClass
eSharp : PitchClass
fFlat : PitchClass
bSharp : PitchClass
cDoubleSharp : PitchClass
cDoubleFlat : PitchClass
dDoubleSharp : PitchClass
dDoubleFlat : PitchClass
eDoubleSharp : PitchClass
eDoubleFlat : PitchClass
fDoubleSharp : PitchClass
fDoubleFlat : PitchClass
gDoubleSharp : PitchClass
gDoubleFlat : PitchClass
aDoubleSharp : PitchClass
aDoubleFlat : PitchClass
bDoubleSharp : PitchClass
bDoubleFlat : PitchClass