WesternMusicElements is a set of Objective-C classes that helps manipulating Western Musical Scales and Chords.

• Access the most commonly used chords and scales
• Easily add your own scales and chords via a set of Ruby scripts
• Uses ARC

Quick Start:

Copy all the files in the WMLib folder to your project and #import "WMPool.h" where needed.

The WMPool is a singleton instance that provides the most commonly used Western Chords and Scales.
You can add your own scales and chords using the Ruby facilities provided. (see the wiki for details )

You can ask for notes:

gSharp5 = [[WMPool pool]noteWithRoot:@"g" accidental:@"#" octave:5];  
c1 = [[WMPool pool]noteWithRoot:@"c" accidental:nil octave:1];

or more simply:

[[WMPool pool]noteWithShortName:@"c1"];

You can also ask for "Note Collections", that is , scales and chords, even inverted:

fSharp2Mixolydian = [[WMPool pool] scaleWithRoot:@"f" 
                                      accidental:@"#"
                                          octave:2 
                                        scaleMode:WMScaleModeMixolydian]; 
 
C3MajorChordInv2 = [[WMPool pool] chordWithRootShortName:@"C3" 
                                      chordType:WMChordTypeMajor
                                      inversion:WMChordInversionSecond];

The easiest calls are the one using "root note short names" like this:

[[WMPool pool] chordWithRootShortName:@"C3" 
                                      chordType:WMChordTypeMajor
                                      inversion:WMChordInversionRootPosition];

(Check the WMPool.hfor what's in store)

Note Short Name

Root short names consists of:

1. The note name
2. The accidental
3. The octave

The note name is written in "Letter Notation" and is not case sensitive.

The accidental, if any, is a "Sharp" noted "#". "Flat" is not supported. No accidental == natural.

Octaves are in the range of -1 to 9

Example of valid Note short names: E-1 F#-1 C#8 G5

Note Range

WMPool will provide notes in the range of:

• Notes: C-1 to G9
• Hertz: 8.176 to 12543.85
• Midi Note Number: 0 to 127

Of course, each WMNote embed that information, as well as the cpspch value used by programs like CSound.

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Check the WMPool.h and WMData.h for more details

Western Musical Elements Test app screenshot:

LICENSE

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Copyright (C) 2012 - 2017 Frederic Cormier

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