[PD] chord libraries?

William Huston williamahuston at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 07:13:12 CET 2015


Wow, looks like just what I'm looking for.
Many thanks!


On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Joe Newlin <jtnewlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check out chorddict-help.pd from rjlib:
> https://github.com/rjdj/rjlib/tree/master/rj
>
> JN
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 7:31 PM, William Huston <williamahuston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Before I reinvent the wheel, I'm wondering what people have done
> characterizing chord libraries?
> >
> > I'm looking for the root position constructions in terms of intervals
> for 3 and 4 note chords.
> >
> > I realize there are only a dozen or so which are mostly used, but just
> wondering what people have come up with.
> >
> > What would be really nice is to convert between things like:
> >
> > 1,3,5 -> "Major" -> 1,5,8
> > 1,3b,5 -> "Minor" -> 1,4,8
> > 1,4,5 -> "Sus4" -> 1,6,8
> >
> > I.e., Notes in scale,
> > Common name, Interval map
> >
> > ... for all common 3 and 4 note chords. Like, given any one of those,
> can derive the others.
> >
> > Also would be nice given an interval map, be able to identify it as an
> inversion of a more basic chord, like:
> >
> > 1,5,8 -> Maj/root
> > 1,4,9 -> Maj/1st inv
> > 1,6,10 -> Maj/2nd inv
> >
> > Any pointers/ideas along these lines appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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