Opusmodus at the Karajan Music Tech Conference

Great show Stephane, thank you.

Stephane,

 

Thank you for such an informative session! I have a quick question about tonality-series function.

 

If I set the tonality-series parameter:

 

:map '(step)

 

I get the pitches from thema (c4 d4 e4 f4 g4) mapped as:

Is it possible to adjust the parameter(s) so that the the pitches from thema are mapped directly onto the custom scales? So that each successive pitch listed in thema:

 

(c4 d4 e4 f4 g4)

 

is mapped in order onto each successive pitch in the two custom scales, resulting in:

(c4 d4 e4 fs4 gs4) and (c4 d4 eb4 f4 g4)

 

Thank you!

 

Zvony

 

Check the harmonic-path function.

I studied the harmonic-path function, and while I found the solution to solve the challenge I described above, I still can't seem to figure out the following.

 

I want to take a melodic fragment:

(setf voice '((h b4) (w c5)))

 

And map it onto a custom scale:

(setf scale '(c4 e4 f4 g4 a4))

 

Using the harmonic-path function:

(setf path (harmonic-path (chordize scale) voice))

 

I get this

((h c4) (w c5))

 

And I'd like to get this

((h a4) (w c5))

 

Could anyone suggest how to arrive at this solution? My goal is to map a diatonic or chromatic melodic fragment (diatonic 7 (b4) - 1 (c5) in my example) onto a custom scale in which 7-1 may be different pitch classes (a4 and c5 in my example). 

 

Thank you!

 

The harmonic-path is not the function you are looking for.

I will add the new option octave to the tonality-map function with the next release.

 

Example:

(setf voice '(q b4 c5 b5 ds4))
(setf scale '(c4 e4 f4 g4 a4))
 
(tonality-map '(scale :map octave) voice)
=> (q a4 c5 a5 e4)

 

Thank you!

Send me some longer example with input and output and I will check if the output is correct.

I'm not sure if this is what you wanted me to send, but here's what a more extended example would look like. The idea is to follow the pitch-step gestalt in the first "input" example and map the same trajectory of steps onto the custom scale to the second "output" example. I apologize if I'm not clear in my intentions. I appreciate you looking into it. Thanks!

 

Thank you for including the new option octave to the tonality-map function. 

Out of curiosity, is it possible to use :map 'octave along with tonality-series function?

 

(setf modes '(dorian lydian))
(setf roots '(d4 g4))
(setf path (tonality-series modes :root roots))

(setf voice '((c4 es4 g4 fs4 a4 g4 b4) (c4 es4 g4 fs4 a4 g4 b4)))
(setf mel-path (tonality-map '(path :map octave) voice))

 

My apologies if I'm not asking it in the right way. Thank you!