sky.monome.util.scale
Class Scale

java.lang.Object
  sky.monome.util.scale.Scale

public abstract class Scale
extends java.lang.Object

Musical scale of notes.

Since:

SkyMonome v1.1

Author:

PJ Skyman

Constructor Summary

Scale()
Constructs a scale.

Method Summary

int	getIntervalsSum() Returns the sum of all intervals composing this scale.
int	getNotesNumberInOctave() Returns the number of notes composing this scale.
MidiNote[]	getScale(MidiNote baseNote, int size) Returns an array of Midi notes that represent this scale.
abstract int[]	getScaleOffsets() Returns an array of all intervals composing this scale.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this scale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Scale

public Scale()

Constructs a scale.

Method Detail

getScale

public MidiNote[] getScale(MidiNote baseNote,
                           int size)

Returns an array of Midi notes that represent this scale. This array is built with the specified base Midi note and the specified size.

Parameters:

baseNote - Base note of the returned array.

size - Size of the returned array.

Returns:

An array of Midi notes that represent this scale.

getNotesNumberInOctave

public int getNotesNumberInOctave()

Returns the number of notes composing this scale.

Returns:

The number of notes composing this scale.

getIntervalsSum

public int getIntervalsSum()

Returns the sum of all intervals composing this scale. If this method returns 12, so this scale is a standard scale of one octave.

Returns:

The sum of all intervals composing this scale.

getScaleOffsets

public abstract int[] getScaleOffsets()

Returns an array of all intervals composing this scale.

Returns:

An array of all intervals composing this scale.

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this scale.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of this scale.