Chord

Stores a list of notes

Chord Names

Key (required)
- (A-G)
Sign
- (#, b, n)
Quality
- Major (maj, M)
- Minor (min, m, -)
- Diminished (dim, o)
- Augmented (aug, +, +5)
- Suspended (sus2, sus4)
Extensions
- (7, 9, 11, 13)
Alterations
- (#5, #9, b5, b9)
Added Tones
- add + (2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Slash Chords
- / + (A-G)
- Specifies inversion, e.g. "F/C"

Constructors

Chord(string name, int octave=3)

Input: Chord name as string, e.g. Chord("CM7")

Chord(Note* root, string name, int octave=3)

e.g. Chord(&note, "dim7")

Chord(vector<int> idxs)

Used by Scale for building scale chords

Accessors

chord.getNotes()

returns vector of Notes

chord.degree(theory::chord_degree)

returns Note at specified degree
degrees: root, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth

Modifiers

chord.invert(int inversion=1)

moves the bottom note up an octave

chord.drop(chord_degree)

moves the specified degree down an octave
default: moves whole chord down an octave

chord.raise(chord_degree)

moves the specified degree up an octave
default: moves whole chord up an octave

chord.match(Chord source)

moves chord tones to get average pitch closer to source average