Chord

Chord Class

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

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Summary

Represents a single musical chord instance.
Each chord is represented by a chord root, a chord type and a chord duration.

Implements IChord.

Defintion

public class Chord : IChord
{
    // IChord interface properties 
    NoteName ChordRoot { get; }
    ChordType ChordType { get; }
    IDuration Duration { get; set; }

    // IChord interface methods 
    IEnumerable<NotePitch> GetArpeggioNotes(int minOctave, int maxOctave) { ... }
    IEnumerable<NotePitch> GetArpeggioNotes(NotePitch minPitch, NotePitch maxPitch) { ... }
    IEnumerable<NotePitch> GetScaleNotes(int minOctave, int maxOctave) { ... }
    IEnumerable<NotePitch> GetScaleNotes(NotePitch minPitch, NotePitch maxPitch) { ... }

    // Constructor 
    public Chord(NoteName root, ChordType type, IDuration duration) { ... } 
    
    // ToString method  
    public override string ToString() => return $"{{Root={ChordRoot}; ChordType={ChordType}; Duration={Duration}}}"; 
}

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Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
ChordRoot	NoteName	Name of the note which is the root of the chord.
ChordType	ChordType	The chord's type.
Duration	IDuration	The chord's duration.

Methods

Method Name	Return Type	Description
GetArpeggioNotes	IEnumerable<NotePitch>	Returns notes that correspond to the given chord's structure.
GetScaleNotes	IEnumerable<NotePitch>	Returns notes that of the scale mapped to the given chord.
ToString	string	Returns a string representation the given chord's state.