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Point

A relative pitch position measured in semitone steps. Anchor it to a note to obtain an absolute pitch; keep it unanchored to compare transposed shapes.

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Anchor a relative point

A point is an offset, not a MIDI pitch. Moving its anchor changes the sounding note while the offset remains the same.

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Relative point

4

Realized note

E4

Pitch class

4 · E

Anchor

C4

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.

number

Non-negative integer representing abstract position in a 1D space

  • 0
  • 4
  • 7
  • 33
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.