D12 × D12-orbits of tone rows

The main objects in this database are the D12 × D12-orbits of tone rows. A tone row is a bijective mapping from {1,…,12} into the set Z12 of twelve pitch classes. The orbit (D12 × D12)(f) of the tone row f can be described For more details see Sections 3 and 3.1 of [1].

There are three different alphabets representing the set of pitch classes, therefore, it is possible to handle tone rows in three different numerical representations. As alphabet we use either A1={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12} or A2={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11} or A3={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B}. A tone row is a vector or array of length 12 over Ai, 1≤ i≤ 3, so that each element of the alphabet is listed exactly once. Using A1 or A2 the numbers in this vector must be separated by a comma, whereas no commas are used when writing a tone row as a vector over A3. E. g., the chromatic scale could be expressed as
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 over A1,
as
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 over A2,
and as
0123456789AB over A3.
By using radio buttons, the alphabet must be chosen in order to fit to the input tone row. The user must take care to consider the right alphabet, to separate or not to separate with commas and to input a list of exactly twelve different pitch classes.

In some places there are additional display options which allow to write or display a tone row with German, English or Italian note names or in musical notation. In English the chromatic scale looks as

c,c♯,d,d♯,e,f,f♯,g,g♯,a,a♯,b
or in musical notation as
Using the "Play"-button it is possible to hear this tone row, the "Stop"-button interrupts the playback.

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Database on tone rows and tropes
harald.fripertinger "at" uni-graz.at
January 2, 2019