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Grid Position Bank

A collection of chord/scale positions on a 2D interval grid, presented as a bank of positions without temporal ordering

How it works

This object can carry concrete values or a musical interpretation, depending on its notation.

Written forms

Ways to write this concept

Each notation describes the same underlying object. Load a playable example to hear one MIDI realization in the Code Sequencer.

aura chess

Comma-separated aura grid positions in chess notation

  • a1b1b2,b1b2c2,b2c2c3c4
  • a1a2a3,b1b2b3,c1c2c3

fourths chess

Comma-separated fourths grid positions in chess notation

  • a1a2a3,b1b2b3,c1c2c3
  • a1b1c1,a2b2c2,a3b3c3

custom chess

Comma-separated custom grid positions with interval prefix

  • 34-a1b1b2,34-a2b2c2,34-d1d2e2
  • 51-a1a2a3,51-b1b2b3
Choose Load beside a convertible example to open its live player. Some catalog formats describe analysis or a display label and have no note realization yet.
Sources and playback

Concept descriptions and examples were adapted from Codex Music Mono’s typed catalog and concept examples. The Code Sequencer plays MIDI through a connected instrument; Symbolic does not synthesize sound.