It would be very useful to be able to select passages in the notation editor and perform inversions, retrogrades, etc. Is this something you might consider adding?
I don't know anything about your code base but it seems that retrograde would be a simple push/pop and inversions are just basic arithmetic (taking into account the key signature). An option to select chromatic inversions would also be nice.
Thanks,
John
Last edited by johnwhitaker2006; 01-21-2018 at 11:24 AM.
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Some of the actions produce results that aren't intuitive (from a music theory perspective). For example, the inverse function doesn't necessarily inverse from the first note.
I made a few scripts that apply things like retrograde, inversion, and retrograde inversion in a manner that is more consistent with traditional music theory if you're interested.
Yes, I would be very interested, thanks. I did notice that the inversion functions seem a little limited. I was investigating what it would take to write some scripts to do what I want but, if you've already done that, I'd be appreciative of your help.
Last edited by johnwhitaker2006; 01-22-2018 at 06:58 PM.
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The main difference between the script and the default action is that the script inverts the notes based on the first note selected (I don't remember which note the inversion was based on in the action; I just remember it wasn't the first note).
I have a custom action for retrograde inversion that simply calls both the retrograde action and the inversion script.
Notation editor canonic utilities
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