NotePitch

NotePitch Enumeration

Namespace: CW.Soloist.CompositionService.MusicTheory
Assembly: CW.Soloist.CompositionService.dll

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Summary

Represents a either note pitch, a hold-note, or a rest-note.

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Definition

public enum NotePitch
{
   /* definition for all 128 note pitches */
   ...  
   C0,
   CSharp0,
   D, 
   ... 
   G9 

   /* definition for special notes */
   HoldNote = 128,
   RestNote = -1
}

The pitch enumeration values in the range of [0-127] are identical to the pitch values in the MIDI note-pitch mapping:

MIDI Value	Note Name	Octave	Enum Name
0	C	-1	CMinus1
1	C#	-1	CSharpMinus1
2	D	-1	DMinus1
3	D#	-1	DSharpMinus1
...	...	...	...
60	C	6	C6
61	C#	6	CSharp6
62	D	6	D6
...	...	...	...
124	E	9	E9
125	F	9	F9
126	F#	9	FSharp9
127	G	9	G9

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In addition to the MIDI mapped values,
this enumeration contains another two values for representing hold and rest notes:

Enum Name	Enum Value	Meaning
HoldNote	128	A note that hold's it's preceding note's pitch value (extends the preceding note's duration).
RestNote	-1	A silent note (no notes are played during this note's duration).

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Remarks

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• The enumeration names are sharp oriented.
  For example: 'ASharp' instead of 'BFlat', but the pitch representations are of course equivalent.
• The suffix of each enumeration pitch name represents the relative octave in the midi chart.
  For example: 'A4' represents the pitch of A in the fourth octave with the frequency of 440 Hz.