musiccreator
Class Chord

java.lang.Object
  musiccreator.Chord

All Implemented Interfaces:

MusicXmlOutputable

public class Chord
extends java.lang.Object
implements MusicXmlOutputable

Implements the Chord class. A Chord is one unit of a song, and consists of a Beat (which defines its rhythm), and a ChordDef (which defines the musical notes in the chord).

Constructor Summary

Chord(Beat b, ChordDef cd)
Creates a new instance of Chord.

Method Summary

int	getLength()
int	getNote(int index)
boolean	isDiatonic() Indicates if the chord is diatonic to the key.
void	outputToConsole() Outputs the chord to the console for debugging.
void	outputToMusicXml(java.io.PrintWriter out) Outputs a chord to MusicXML
static void	setKey(Key k) Sets the key for all chords.
int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Chord

public Chord(Beat b,
             ChordDef cd)

Creates a new instance of Chord.

Parameters:

b - Beat size of chord

cd - Chord definition of chord

Method Detail

setKey

public static void setKey(Key k)

Sets the key for all chords.

Parameters:

k - key to set chords to

outputToConsole

public final void outputToConsole()

Outputs the chord to the console for debugging.

isDiatonic

public final boolean isDiatonic()

Indicates if the chord is diatonic to the key.

Returns:

True=diatonic, false=not diatonic

outputToMusicXml

public final void outputToMusicXml(java.io.PrintWriter out)

Outputs a chord to MusicXML

Specified by:

outputToMusicXml in interface MusicXmlOutputable

getLength

public int getLength()

size

public int size()

getNote

public int getNote(int index)