Chord Object
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Represents a constituent of a voice and is made of notes (opposed to Rest, which is silent): voices are made of chords and staves are made of voices. A Chord may contain one or more Notes; all the Notes of a Chord start and end at the same time.
A new Chord can be created with: chord = new Chord();
or chord = new Chord(score);
where score is a Score Object
.
The Chord existing at a given time of a given voice of a given staff of a score can be obtained by moving a Cursor to the needed staff / voice / time and using:
if ( cursor.isChord() ) chord = cursor.chord();
See also:
Cursor Object , Harmony Object , Note Object , Rest Object , Score Object .
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| noStem | boolean | whether the chord has a stem or not. The chord needs to be retrieved from a cursor first |
| notes | integer | number of notes in the chord (read-only) |
| tickLen | integer | length of the notes in the chord (all notes of a chord have the same length); expressed in conventional units (see Tick Length values ). |
| type | integer | type of note(s) (read-only): 0: normal 1: acciaccatura 2: appoggiatura 3: grace 1/4 4: grace1/16 5: grace 1/32 |
Methods
addHarmony(Harmony harmony)
Add the Harmony harmony to the chord.
addNote(Note note)
Add Note note to the chord.
Note note(integer index)
Return Note at index index.
removeNote(integer index)
Remove from chord the index-th Note.
Note topNote()
Return topmost Note of chord (Note at index notes - 1).