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How does gen-chord's ambitus determine choice of notes?


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(gen-chord 11 3 3 0 0 '(c4 cs4 fs4 g4 c5 f5 fs5 b5))
=> (c4cs4fs4 g4c5f5 fs5b5)

Specifying an ambitus of 11 means that each generated chord's ambitus will be <11, which I can see from the output. All notes from all generated chords also lie within the list of pitches. Then when I do

(gen-chord 3 2 2 0 0 '(c4 cs4 fs4 g4 c5 f5 fs5 b5))
=>(c4cs4 fs4g4 c5bb4 fs5e5)

The third and fourth chords generated have notes that have been adjusted to stay within the smaller ambitus of 3. What determines the adjustment? The third chord gets a bb4, which does not lie in the list of pitches, and the fourth chords gets an e5, which also doesn't lie within the list of pitches. What algorithm determines the bb4 and e5?

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