#ifndef PITCH_H
#define PITCH_H
-#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_MASK 0x07
-#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT 0
+typedef uint32_t pitch_t;
+
+#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT (0)
+#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_MASK (0x07 << PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT)
+
+#define PITCH_NAME_SHIFT (3)
+#define PITCH_NAME_MASK (0x07 << PITCH_NAME_SHIFT)
+
+#define PITCH_OCTAVE_SHIFT (6)
+#define PITCH_OCTAVE_MASK (0x07 << PITCH_OCTAVE_SHIFT)
+
+#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL(pitch) \
+ (((pitch) & PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_MASK) >> PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT)
+#define PITCH_NAME(pitch) \
+ (((pitch) & PITCH_NAME_MASK) >> PITCH_NAME_SHIFT)
+#define PITCH_OCTAVE(pitch) \
+ (((pitch) & PITCH_OCTAVE_MASK) >> PITCH_OCTAVE_SHIFT)
+
+#define PITCH(name, accidental, octave) \
+ (((octave) << PITCH_OCTAVE_SHIFT) | \
+ ((name) << PITCH_NAME_SHIFT) | \
+ ((accidental) << PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT))
+
+#define PITCH_LITERAL(literal_name, literal_accidental, octave) \
+ PITCH(PITCH_NAME_##literal_name, \
+ PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_##literal_accidental, \
+ octave)
+
+#define PITCH_NATURAL(literal_name, octave) \
+ PITCH_LITERAL(literal_name, NATURAL, octave)
+
+/* PITCH_CLASS is useful for comparing pitches while ignoring any octave. */
+#define PITCH_CLASS(pitch) PITCH(PITCH_NAME(pitch), PITCH_ACCIDENTAL(pitch), 0)
+
+#define PITCH_CLASS_LITERAL(literal_name, literal_accidental) \
+ PITCH_LITERAL(literal_name, literal_accidental, 0)
+
+#define PITCH_NOT_A_PITCH ((pitch_t) -1)
typedef enum pitch_accidental
{
PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_DOUBLE_SHARP
} pitch_accidental_t;
-#define PITCH_ACCIDENTAL(pitch) (((pitch) & PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_MASK) >> PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_SHIFT)
-
-#define PITCH_NAME_MASK 0x38
-#define PITCH_NAME_SHIFT 3
-
typedef enum pitch_name
{
PITCH_NAME_C,
PITCH_NAME_B,
} pitch_name_t;
-#define PITCH_NAME(pitch) (((pitch) & PITCH_NAME_MASK) >> PITCH_NAME_SHIFT)
+/* Octave numbers are ISO octave numbers [0:8], (so Octave 4 is from
+ * middle C to the B above middle C).
+ */
+
+/* Get a string representation of a pitch_t value.
+ *
+ * Note: The returned value is static to the pithc_string function and
+ * may be modified by future calls to pitch_string. So the caller
+ * should copy the value if needed. */
+const char *
+pitch_string (pitch_t pitch);
-#define PITCH(name, accidental) (((name) << PITCH_NAME_SHIFT) | (accidental))
+/* Return a new pitch, a number of octaves above 'pitch'
+ *
+ * Note: Maximum octave value is 8. A pitch with octave 8 will not be
+ * raised.
+ */
+pitch_t
+pitch_raise_by_octaves (pitch_t pitch, int octaves);
-#define PITCH_LITERAL(literal_name, literal_accidental) PITCH(PITCH_NAME_##literal_name, PITCH_ACCIDENTAL_##literal_accidental)
-#define PITCH_NATURAL(literal_name) PITCH_LITERAL(literal_name, NATURAL)
+/* Return a new pitch, a number of octaves below 'pitch'
+ *
+ * Note: Minimum octave value is 9. A pitch with octave 8 will not be
+ * lowered.
+ */
+pitch_t
+pitch_lower_by_octaves (pitch_t pitch, int octaves);
-typedef uint32_t pitch_t;
+/* Number of half steps from 'root' up to 'pitch' (that is, counting
+ * the steps up a chromatic scale), within the same octave. */
+int
+pitch_from_root_in_half_steps (pitch_t pitch, pitch_t root);
+
+/* Respell 'pitch' to have a name that matches the (diatonic) scale
+ * 'degree' from 'root'.
+ *
+ * If the pitch is too distant from the specified degree to be
+ * respelled, the original pitch will be returned unmodified.
+ */
+pitch_t
+pitch_spell_as_degree (pitch_t pitch, pitch_t root, int degree);
+
+/* Return a MIDI note value corresponding to 'pitch' */
+unsigned char
+pitch_to_midi (pitch_t pitch);
+
+/* Return the pitch_t value corresponding to the given MIDI note value. */
+pitch_t
+pitch_from_midi (unsigned char midi_note);
+
+/* Return true if 'a' and 'b' sound identical, (even if spelled differently)
+ *
+ * This comparison considers octaves as significant. So Bb and A# in
+ * the same octave are considered enharmonic, but Bb and A# in
+ * different octaves are not. */
+int
+pitch_enharmonic_to (pitch_t a, pitch_t b);
#endif /* PITCH_H */