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Examples

The following examples make use of the MIDI subsystem in jchord, which uses the mido package. Installing with pip install jchord[midi] will ensure this package is installed.

Example: Autumn Leaves in two styles

This example generates two MIDI files: one with fancy synth arpeggios, another with a basic strumming guitar.

.. literalinclude:: /examples/autumn_leaves.py
   :language: python
   :lines: 2-

Example: Parse MIDI

jchord can parse MIDI files that are a sequence of block chords. It uses a kernel density estimation algorithm to group notes into chords, allowing it to handle slight imperfections. If the file has arpeggios, melodies or other flourishes, it will not work.

.. literalinclude:: /examples/parse_midi.py
   :language: python
   :lines: 2-

Example: Harmonization

This example shows the Harmonizer effect, building 7th chords from single notes. Use the n suffix to indicate a single note.

.. literalinclude:: /examples/harmonizer.py
   :language: python
   :lines: 2-

API reference

Objects at a glance

These are the key objects defined by jchord:

  • Note
  • Intervals
  • Chord
  • ChordProgression
  • Song

The highest-level object is Song. A Song has a sections property, which is a list of ChordProgression objects. A ChordProgression has a progression property, which is a list of Chord objects. A Chord object has a chord property, which is a Intervals object; and a root property, which is a Note object.

Working with individual notes: Note

A Note represents one of the musical notes in the Western 12-tone system. It is identified by its pitch class and octave according to Scientific pitch notation; so Note('C', 4) is Middle C.

.. autoclass:: jchord.Note
   :members:

Working with individual chords: Intervals and Chord

The meaning of a chord is slightly ambiguous, and jchord has two classes to disambiguate between the case where we refer to a chord with a root (say, "Am7" or "C#maj7#11"), and the case where we refer to the interval structure without reference to any particular root note (say, "maj7" or "min11"):

  • Chord refers to a root note AND the interval structure.
  • Intervals refers to just the interval structure.
.. autoclass:: jchord.Intervals
   :members: interval_sequence, add_semitone, remove_semitone, rotate_semitones, with_root

.. autoclass:: jchord.Chord
   :members: semitones, bass, interval_sequence, midi, transpose

.. autoclass:: jchord.InvalidChord

Working with chord progressions: ChordProgression

A chord progression is represented as a list of chords, one after another.

.. autoclass:: jchord.ChordProgression
   :members: chords, midi, transpose, to_string, to_txt, to_xlsx, to_midi

.. autoclass:: jchord.MidiConversionSettings

MIDI features

.. automodule:: jchord.midi
   :noindex:

.. autoclass:: jchord.midi_effects.MidiEffect
   :members: set_settings, apply