NAME
Music::Cadence - Generate musical cadence chords
VERSION
version 0.1507
SYNOPSIS
use Music::Cadence;
my $mc = Music::Cadence->new;
my $chords = $mc->cadence;
# [G B D], [C E G C]
$mc = Music::Cadence->new(octave => 4);
$chords = $mc->cadence;
# [G4 B4 D4], [C4 E4 G4 C5]
$chords = $mc->cadence(
type => 'half',
octave => 0,
leading => 2,
);
# [D F A], [G B D]
$chords = $mc->cadence(
type => 'imperfect',
inversion => { 1 => 1, 2 => 1 },
);
# [B4 D4 G5], [E4 G4 C5]
$mc = Music::Cadence->new(
key => 'C#',
octave => 5,
);
$chords = $mc->cadence;
# [G#5 C5 D#5], [C#5 F5 G#5 C#6]
$mc = Music::Cadence->new(
key => 'C#',
octave => 5,
format => 'midi',
);
$chords = $mc->cadence;
# [Gs5 C5 Ds5], [Cs5 F5 Gs5 Cs6]
$mc = Music::Cadence->new(format => 'midinum');
$chords = $mc->cadence(octave => 4);
# [67 71 62], [60 64 67 72]
$chords = $mc->cadence(octave => -1);
# [7 11 2], [0 4 7 12] <- pitch-classes!
$mc = Music::Cadence->new(seven => 1);
$chords = $mc->cadence;
# [G B D F], [C E G A# C]
$chords = $mc->cadence(
type => 'evaded',
octave => 4,
);
# [F4 G5 B5 D5], [E4 G4 A#4 C5]
my $altered = $mc->remove_notes([1,2], [qw(Gs5 C5 Ds5)]);
# [Gs5]
DESCRIPTION
Music::Cadence
generates a pair of musical cadence chords.
These chords are added to the end of a musical phrase, and are used to suggest a sense of anticipation, pause, finality, etc.
ATTRIBUTES
key
$key = $mc->key;
The key or tonal center to use, in isobase
format.
Default: C
Examples: G#
, Eb
scale
$scale = $mc->scale;
The modal scale to use.
Default: major
Supported scales are the diatonic modes:
ionian / major
dorian
phrygian
lydian
mixolydian
aeolian / minor
locrian
octave
$octave = $mc->octave;
The octave to either append to named chord notes, or to determine the correct midinum
note number.
Default: 0
If the format is midi
or the default, setting this to 0
means "do not append." Setting it to a positive integer renders the note in ISO
format.
The midinum
range for this attribute should an integer from -1
to 9
(giving note numbers 0
to 127
).
format
$format = $mc->format;
The output format to use.
Default: isobase
(i.e. "bare note names")
If midi
, convert sharp #
to s
and flat b
to f
after chord generation.
If midinum
, convert notes to their numerical MIDI equivalents.
seven
$seven = $mc->seven;
If set, use seventh chords of four notes instead of diatonic triads.
Default: 0
picardy
$picardy = $mc->picardy;
If set, use the "Picardy third" for the final chord.
This effectively raises the second note of the final chord by one half-step.
Default: 0
METHODS
new
$mc = Music::Cadence->new; # Use defaults
$mc = Music::Cadence->new( # Override defaults
key => $key,
scale => $scale,
octave => $octave,
format => $format,
seven => $seven,
picardy => $picardy,
);
Create a new Music::Cadence
object.
cadence
$chords = $mc->cadence; # Use defaults
$chords = $mc->cadence( # Override defaults
key => $key, # See above
scale => $scale, # "
octave => $octave, # "
picardy => $picardy, # "
type => $type, # Default: perfect
leading => $leading, # Default: 1
variation => $variation, # Default: 1
inversion => $inversion, # Default: 0
);
Return an array reference of the chords of the cadence type based on the given key and scale name, etc.
Supported cadences are:
deceptive
evaded
half
imperfect
perfect
plagal
And "authentic" cadence is either perfect or imperfect.
The variation applies to the deceptive
and imperfect
cadences.
If the type is deceptive
, the variation determines the final chord. If it is set to 1
, the vi
chord is used. For 2
, the IV
chord is used.
If the type is imperfect
and there is no inversion, the variation determines the kind of perfect
cadence generated. For 1
, the highest voice is not the tonic. For 2
, the fifth chord is replaced with the seventh. So in a major key, the V
chord would be replaced with the vii diminished
chord.
For an imperfect
cadence, if the inversion is set to a hash reference of numbered keys, the values are the types of inversions to apply to the chords of the cadence. For example:
inversion => { 1 => 2, 2 => 1 },
This means, "Apply the second inversion to the first chord of the cadence, and apply the first inversion to the second chord."
For seventh chords (of 4 notes), the third inversion can be applied.
To not apply an inversion to an inverted imperfect cadence chord, either do not include the numbered chord in the hash reference, or set its value to 0
zero.
The leading chord is a number (1-7) for the scale chord to use for the first half
cadence chord. For the key of C major
this is:
1: C maj
2: D min
3: E min
4: F maj
5: G maj
6: A min
7: B dim
If an inversion is defined for the half
cadence, the chords are inverted as described above for the imperfect
cadence.
The evaded
cadence applies inversions to seventh chords. The default is to invert the first chord by the third inversion and the second by the first inversion.
Handy Summary
1. Deceptive -> V-vi or V-IV
variation
1: final chord = vi
2: final chord = IV
2. Evaded -> inverted V-I 7th chords
inversion
1: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd applied to first chord
2: " second chord
3. Half -> <leading>-V and possibly inverted
leading: first chord = 1-7
inversion
as above (3rd inversion only for 7th chords)
4. Imperfect -> V-I or vii-I or V-I inverted
variation (no inversion)
1: first chord = V
2: first chord = vii
inversion (variation ignored)
as above (3rd inversion only for 7th chords)
5. Perfect -> V-I + tonic added an octave above
6. Plagal -> IV-I
remove_notes
$altered = $mc->remove_notes(\@indices, \@chord);
Remove the given indices from the given chord.
SEE ALSO
The eg/* and t/* programs in this distribution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/how-to-read-sheet-music/cadences/
https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/55
AUTHOR
Gene Boggs <gene@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2019-2023 by Gene Boggs.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.