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.
c4 e4 g4 c5 c4 d4 e4 f4 g4
The same intervals from three roots give the same shape three times.
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.
e4 g4 b4 e4 g#4 b4
Going down.
c5 g4 c4 b3