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Document missing API features across guides
- chords: open_voicing() alongside other voicings, normal_form() in pitch class sets section - tones: is_natural, is_sharp, is_flat accidental properties - scales: Key.seventh() for individual degrees, expanded Scale.recommend() explanation of how ranking works Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -503,9 +503,16 @@ are standard arranging techniques for spreading chord tones across registers:
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>>> cmaj7 = Chord.from_symbol("Cmaj7")
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>>> cmaj7.close_voicing()
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<Chord C major 7th>
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>>> cmaj7.open_voicing()
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<Chord C major 7th>
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>>> cmaj7.drop2()
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<Chord C major 7th>
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``open_voicing()`` takes the close voicing and raises every other
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non-root tone by an octave, spreading the chord across two octaves.
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The result is a wider, more spacious sound — common in orchestral
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writing and piano ballads where you want the harmony to breathe.
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Chord Extensions
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----------------
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@@ -596,6 +603,23 @@ music that doesn't follow traditional harmony, this is the tool.
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Major and minor triads share the same prime form — they're inversions
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of each other in pitch class space.
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The **normal form** is the intermediate step — the most compact ascending
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arrangement of pitch classes before transposition. It preserves the
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actual pitch classes (not transposed to 0), so it tells you which
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specific notes are in the set:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> Chord.from_tones("C", "E", "G").normal_form
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(0, 4, 7)
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>>> Chord.from_tones("A", "C", "E").normal_form
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(9, 0, 4)
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Normal form keeps the original pitch classes; prime form transposes to 0
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for comparison. Use ``normal_form`` when you care about which notes,
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``prime_form`` when you care about the abstract shape.
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> Chord.from_tones("C", "E", "G").forte_number
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['G major', 'A minor', 'B minor', 'C major', 'D major', 'E minor', 'F# diminished']
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>>> key.seventh_chords
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['G major 7th', 'A minor 7th', 'B minor 7th', 'C major 7th', 'D dominant 7th', 'E minor 7th', 'F# half-diminished 7th']
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Build a seventh chord on any individual degree with ``seventh()``:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> key.seventh(0) # I7
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G major 7th
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>>> key.seventh(4) # V7
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D dominant 7th
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>>> key.seventh(6) # vii7
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F# half-diminished 7th
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This is the single-degree version of ``seventh_chords`` — useful when
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you need one specific chord rather than the full list.
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> Key.detect("C", "E", "G", "A", "D")
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C major
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@@ -440,7 +457,16 @@ alternative scales to improvise over:
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>>> Scale.recommend("C", "Eb", "F", "Gb", "G", "Bb", top=3)
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[('C', 'blues', 1.0), ...]
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Chromatic scales are deprioritized since they match everything.
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How it works: ``recommend()`` tests your notes against every scale in
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every key (all 12 tonics times all scale types in the Western system).
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Each candidate is scored using ``fitness()`` — the fraction of your notes
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that belong to that scale (1.0 = perfect match). Results are ranked by
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fitness, with chromatic scales deprioritized since they match everything.
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Scales whose length is closer to the number of input notes are preferred
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when fitness scores tie.
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Returns a list of ``(tonic, scale_name, fitness)`` tuples. Pass ``top=``
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to control how many results you get back (default 5).
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Parallel Modes
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>> Tone.from_string("C4", system="western").enharmonic is None
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True
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Accidental Properties
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Check whether a tone is natural, sharp, or flat:
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.. code-block:: pycon
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>>> c = Tone.from_string("C4", system="western")
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>>> c.is_natural
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True
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>>> c.is_sharp
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False
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>>> cs = Tone.from_string("C#4", system="western")
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>>> cs.is_sharp
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True
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>>> cs.is_natural
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False
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>>> bb = Tone.from_string("Bb4", system="western")
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>>> bb.is_flat
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True
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Useful for filtering — for example, finding all natural notes in a
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scale, or counting accidentals in a melody.
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Extended Enharmonics
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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