Module:MOS gamut: Difference between revisions

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local p = {}

-- Helper function for creating a genchain, a ~~sequence of named pitches where consecutive~~

-- Helper function for creating a genchain, or specifically, a nominal-accidental chain.

-- ~~pitches are a generator apart.~~ This can only work in one direction at a time, so it's

-- This can only work in one direction at a time, so it's necessary to call this twice,

-- necessary to call this twice ~~if both an ascending and descending chain are needed. For~~

-- once for each direction (going up by the bright generator, or down). One genchain

-- ~~a multi-period mos, multiple genchains are returned as an array of arrays, where~~ each

-- is generated for each period, so this returns an array of arrays.

~~-- array has indices denote the number of generators~~ going up (or down) ~~and the element~~

-- ~~denote the named pitch. For the single-~~period ~~case~~, ~~it's a size-1~~ array ~~whose element~~

~~-- is a single genchain~~.

-- This genchain is agnostic of notation, and only denotes the mossteps needed to reach

-- a note, followed by the number of chromas. For example, F# is reached going up 3

-- mossteps and adding one chroma; Fb is the same except subtracting one chroma.

-- Specific notation is needed to interpret this into note names.

-- Parameters:

-- - input_mos - the mos itself represented as a data structure from Module:MOS

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 local p = {}
--- Helper function for creating a genchain, a sequence of named pitches where consecutive
+-- Helper function for creating a genchain, or specifically, a nominal-accidental chain.
--- pitches are a generator apart. This can only work in one direction at a time, so it's
+-- This can only work in one direction at a time, so it's necessary to call this twice,
--- necessary to call this twice if both an ascending and descending chain are needed. For
+-- once for each direction (going up by the bright generator, or down). One genchain
--- a multi-period mos, multiple genchains are returned as an array of arrays, where each
+-- is generated for each period, so this returns an array of arrays.
--- array has indices denote the number of generators going up (or down) and the element
--- denote the named pitch. For the single-period case, it's a size-1 array whose element
--- is a single genchain.
 -- This genchain is agnostic of notation, and only denotes the mossteps needed to reach
 -- a note, followed by the number of chromas. For example, F# is reached going up 3
 -- mossteps and adding one chroma; Fb is the same except subtracting one chroma.
+-- Specific notation is needed to interpret this into note names.
 -- Parameters:
 -- - input_mos - the mos itself represented as a data structure from Module:MOS