interface / Symbolic

Hexagonal Layout

Hexagonal note layout.

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.

named

Named grid layouts with predefined interval patterns

wicki-hayden
chromatic-fifths
tonnetz

plr

interval for the 3 directions of the hexagonal grid. We use the PLR letters for the 3 directions (P=up-right, L=up-left, R=right), along with a positive or negative int.

p4l-3r7
p2l3r5
p3l4r7

intervals

Comma or slash separated interval values for right, up-right, up-left

7,4,-3
5/2/3
7,3,4

vector

JSON array notation for the three interval values

[7,4,-3]
[5,2,3]
[7,3,4]

axes

Labeled axes notation with x, y, z for the three directions

x7y4z-3
x5y2z3
x7y3z4

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.

Grid PositionA chord or scale position on a 2D interval grid system, where vertical and horizontal movements represent specific semitone intervals Grid Position BankA collection of chord/scale positions on a 2D interval grid, presented as a bank of positions without temporal ordering String PositionA specific fingering position for a chord or note set on a stringed instrument