musicMCT-package: musicMCT: Analyze the Structure of Musical Scales

In musicMCT: Analyze the Structure of Musical Scales

musicMCT: Analyze the Structure of Musical Scales

Description

Analysis of musical scales (& modes, grooves, etc.) in the vein of Sherrill 2025 \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1215/00222909-11595194")}. The initials MCT in the package title refer to the article's title: "Modal Color Theory." Offers support for conventional musical pitch class set theory as developed by Forte (1973, ISBN: 9780300016109) and David Lewin (1987, ISBN: 9780300034936), as well as for the continuous geometries of Callender, Quinn, & Tymoczko (2008) \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1126/science.1153021")}. Identifies structural properties of scales and calculates derived values (sign vector, color number, brightness ratio, etc.). Creates plots such as "brightness graphs" which visualize these properties.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Paul Sherrill [e-mail] (ORCID) [copyright holder]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://satbq.github.io/musicMCT/

• https://github.com/satbq/musicMCT

• Report bugs at https://github.com/satbq/musicMCT/issues

musicMCT documentation built on June 21, 2026, 9:06 a.m.