più

• adverb \ˈpyü, pē-ˈü\

Let's infer some chord names from collections of notes, shall we?

Install with npm:

$ npm install piu

You'll most likely use this library with teoria (as all the methods but piu.name() depends on objects from teoria), so let's install that too:

$ npm install teoria

And now, you're ready to infer triads, chord extensions and names!

// Infer the chords (strictly) constituted by the notes D, F, A, C
piu
  .infer( ['d', 'f', 'a', 'c'].map(teoria.note) )
  .map( piu.name );
// -> ['Dm7', 'F6']
 
// Infer the chords (enharmonically) constituted by the notes B, D, F and Ab
piu
  .infer( ['b', 'd', 'f', 'ab'].map(teoria.note) )
  .map( piu.name );
// -> ['Dm6b5', 'Bdim7', 'Ddim7', 'Fm6b5' ... ]

DISCLAIMER: The piu.name() method will (for now) only recognize power-chords, triads and tetrads (that is, chords consisting of 2, 3 or 4 notes)

API

piu.triads(notes) -> Array of triads

This method returns an array all the triads that the notes array constitutes.

Each triad object has two properties:

• notes - An array of the notes (TeoriaNote), ordered as tonic, third, fifth
• type - The "type"/quality of the chord, which is one of:
  • '' for major
  • 'm' for minor
  • 'aug' for augmented
  • 'dim' for diminished
  • 'sus2' for suspended second
  • 'sus4' for suspended fourth
  • All of above '#5' or 'b5' for fifth alterations

piu.infer(notes, enharmonic) -> Array of chords

This method returns an array of all the chords that the notes array constitutes.

If enharmonic is true, all enharmonic chords will be returned as well. Otherwise the inferring defaults to "strict" chord inferring which will only return chords that consists of exactly the given notes.

// Default is strict inferring
piu.infer(['d', 'f', 'ab', 'cb'].map(teoria.note)).map(piu.name);
// -> [ 'Ddim7', 'Fm6b5' ]
 
// Enable enharmonic inferring
piu.infer(['d', 'f', 'ab', 'cb'].map(teoria.note), true).map(piu.name);
// -> [ 'Ddim7', 'Fm6b5', 'Dm6b5', 'Bdim7', 'Bm6b5', 'G#dim7', 'G#m6b5', ... ]

Each chord object has three properties:

• root - A string representation of the root note (octave-less)
• type - The "type"/quality of the base triad of the chord (as described above)
• exts - An array of intervals (TeoriaInterval), that extends the base triad

piu.name(chord) -> String notation of the chord

This method takes a chord object, like the one that piu.infer returns, and returns a string representation of that chord.

// You can use the piu.name() method directly:
piu.name({
  root: 'A',
  type: 'm',
  exts: [teoria.interval('m7')]
});
// -> 'Am7'
 
// Select a result from piu.infer() and hand it along to piu.name()
piu.name(
  piu.infer(['c', 'e', 'g', 'bb'].map(teoria.note))[0]
);
// -> C7
 
// Create an array of TeoriaNotes, and then map each possible chord to its name:
piu.infer( ['d', 'e', 'g', 'bb'].map( teoria.note ) ).map( piu.name );
// -> [ 'Gm6', 'Em7b5' ]