Documentation · Pitch

i<n> · s<n> Relative pitch

i<n> is n semitones from the last pitch written. s<n> is n steps of the current scale. The figure moves wherever you start it.

  • Each relative counts from the pitch before it, left to right.
  • Negative values go down: i-5, s-2.
  • A chord passes on its first pitch.
  • A relative note behaves like the note it lands on, so @ and ^ apply to it.

A major triad by intervals, and a scale run by steps.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 e4 g4 c5 c4 d4 e4 f4 g4

The same intervals from three roots give the same shape three times.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c4 e4 g4 f4 a4 c5 g4 b4 d5

Steps stay in the key and semitones do not: E minor from steps, E major from semitones.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

e4 g4 b4 e4 g#4 b4

Going down.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c5 g4 c4 b3