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Element: chromatic

Description

The chromatic element represents the number of semitones needed to get from written to sounding pitch. This value does not include octave-change values; the values for both elements need to be added to the written pitch to get the correct sounding pitch.

Derived By

Type semitones

Referenced By
Example

      <attributes>
        <key>
          <fifths>1</fifths>
          <mode>major</mode>
        </key>
        <transpose>
          <diatonic>-4</diatonic>
          <chromatic>-7</chromatic>
        </transpose>
      </attributes>

Definition

See transpose

 

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