Is there a more elegant way to do this?

 

;; create major scale
(defun majorScale (root) (make-scale root 16 :alt '(2 2 1 2 2 2 1)))
;; usage:
(majorScale 'c4)

;; 4 part root position harmony of every degree of a major scale
(defun harmonizeMajorScale (root) (harmonic-progression '(0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) (majorScale root) :size 4))
;; usage:
(harmonizeMajorScale 'c4)

;; 4 part drop 2 of every degree of a major scale, with every chord in a specific inversion
(defun 4PartDrop2 (chords inversion)
 (loop for chord in chords
   collect  
     (chordize 
       (pitch-transpose-n '(0 0 -12 0) 
         (pitch-melodize
           (list 
             (chord-inversion inversion chord)
           )
         ) 
       )
     )
  )
)
;; usage:
(4PartDrop2 (harmonizeMajorScale 'c4) 3)

Any advice very much appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

Wim Dijkgraaf

(mapcar (lambda(x)   ;; mapcar will apply the inversion to each chord
          (chord-inversion 3 x)) 
        (harmonic-progression  ;; harmonic progression definition
         (integer-transpose -1 '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)) ;;degree for the chords
         '(c4 major)   ;; scale used
         :size 4     ;; chords size
         ))

SB.

Thanks Stephane for your reply. Interesting solution!

 

If I'm not mistaken, your solution doesn't include the Drop 2 (transpose second voice from the top an octave down). Any idea how to incorporate that into this approach?

 

Kind regards,

 

Wim Dijkgraaf

Hi Wim,

 

a possible solution:

 

(setf chords (mclist 
              (mapcar 
               (lambda(x)   ;; mapcar will apply the inversion to each chord
                 (chord-inversion 3 x)) 
               (harmonic-progression  ;; harmonic progression definition
                (integer-transpose -1 '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)) ;;degree for the chords
                '(c4 major)   ;; scale used
                :size 4     ;; chords size
                ))))



(setf drop2 (chordize-list
             (pitch-transpose-n 
              '(0 0 -12 0)
              (pitch-melodize chords))))

SB.

Dear Wim,

 

Please, check this post:

 

Best,

 

Julio