Tonal-pitch NPM

tonal-pitch

tonal-pitch is a low level module to encode and manipulate music pitch and intervals.

This is part of tonal music theory library.

You can install via npm: npm i --save tonal-pitch

API Reference

pitch(fifths, focts, dir) ⇒ Pitch

Create a pitch

Param	Type	Description
fifths	Integer	the number of fifths from C or from P1
focts	Integer	the number of encoded octaves
dir	Integer	(Optional) Only required for intervals. Can be 1 or -1

isPitch(p) ⇒ Boolean

Test if an object is a pitch

Param	Type
p	Pitch

encode(step, alt, oct, dir)

Encode a pitch

Param	Type	Description
step	Integer
alt	Integer
oct	Integer
dir	Integer	(Optional)

decode(the) ⇒ Array

Decode a pitch

Returns: Array - An array with step, alt, oct

Param	Type	Description
the	Pitch	pitch

pType(p) ⇒ String

Get pitch type

Returns: String - 'ivl' or 'note' or null if not a pitch

Param	Type
p	Pitch

isNotePitch(p) ⇒ Boolean

Test if is a pitch note (with or without octave)

Param	Type
p	Pitch

isIvlPitch(p) ⇒ Boolean

Test if is an interval

Param	Type
p	Pitch

isPC(p) ⇒ Boolean

Test if is a pitch class (a pitch note without octave)

Param	Type
p	Pitch

dir(p) ⇒ Integer

Get direction of a pitch (even for notes)

Returns: Integer - 1 or -1

Param	Type
p	Pitch

fifths(p) ⇒ Integer

Get encoded fifths from pitch.

Param	Type
p	Pitch

focts(p) ⇒ Integer

Get encoded octaves from pitch.

Param	Type
p	Pitch

height(p) ⇒ Integer

Get height of a pitch.

Param	Type
p	Pitch

chr(p) ⇒ Integer

Get chroma of a pitch. The chroma is a number between 0 and 11 to represent the position of a pitch inside an octave. Is the numeric equivlent of a pitch class.

Param	Type
p	Pitch

parseNote(str) ⇒ Pitch

Parse a note

Returns: Pitch - the pitch or null if not valid note string

Param	Type
str	String

parseIvl(str) ⇒ Pitch

Parse an interval

Returns: Pitch - the pitch or null if not valid interval string

Param	Type
str	String

parsePitch(str) ⇒ Pitch

Parse a note or an interval

Returns: Pitch - the pitch or null if not valid pitch string

Param	Type
str	String

asNotePitch(p) ⇒ Pitch

Ensure the given object is a note pitch. If is a string, it will be parsed. If not a note pitch or valid note string, it returns null.

Param	Type
p	Pitch \| String

asIvlPitch(p) ⇒ Pitch

Ensure the given object is a interval pitch. If is a string, it will be parsed. If not a interval pitch or valid interval string, it returns null.

Param	Type
p	Pitch \| String

asPitch(p) ⇒ Pitch

Ensure the given object is a pitch. If is a string, it will be parsed. If not a pitch or valid pitch string, it returns null.

Param	Type
p	Pitch \| String

strNote(p) ⇒ String

Convert a note pitch to string representation

Param	Type
p	Pitch

strIvl(p) ⇒ String

Convert a interval pitch to string representation

Param	Type
p	Pitch

strPitch(p) ⇒ String

Convert a pitch to string representation (either notes or intervals)

Param	Type
p	Pitch

noteFn(fn) ⇒ function

Decorate a function to work internally with note pitches, even if the parameters are provided as strings. Also it converts back the result to string if a note pitch is returned.

Returns: function - the decorated function

Param	Type
fn	function

ivlFn(fn) ⇒ function

Decorate a function to work internally with interval pitches, even if the parameters are provided as strings. Also it converts back the result to string if a interval pitch is returned.

Returns: function - the decorated function

Param	Type
fn	function

pitchFn(fn) ⇒ function

Decorate a function to work internally with pitches, even if the parameters are provided as strings. Also it converts back the result to string if a pitch is returned.

Returns: function - the decorated function