scale

@tonaljs/scale

@tonaljs/scale is a collection of functions to create and manipulate musical scales

Usage

ES6:

import { Scale } from "@tonaljs/tonal";

nodejs:

const { Scale } = require("@tonaljs/tonal");

Single module:

import Scale from "@tonaljs/scale";

API

Scale.names()

List all known scale names. Same as ScaleType.names()

See scale-type

Scale.get(name: string) => Scale

Get a scale from a scale name. Scale.get accepts tonics in the scale name and returns a scale type with two more properties: tonic and notes:

Scale.get("c5 pentatonic");
// =>
// {
//   empty: false,
//   name: "C5 pentatonic",
//   type: "major pentatonic",
//   tonic: "C5",
//   notes: ["C5", "D5", "E5", "G5", "A5"],
//   intervals: ["1P", "2M", "3M", "5P", "6M"],
//   aliases: ["pentatonic"],
//   setNum: 2708,
//   chroma: "101010010100",
//   normalized: "101010010100"
// }

Scale.scaleChords(scale: string) => string[]

Get all chords that fits a given scale:

Scale.scaleChords("pentatonic");
// => ["5", "64", "M", "M6", "Madd9", "Msus2"]

Scale.extended(scale: string) => string[]

Get all scales names that has the same notes and at least one more:

Scale.extended("major");
// => ["bebop", "bebop dominant", "bebop major", "chromatic", "ichikosucho"]

Scale.reduced(scale: string) => string[]

Find all scales names that are a subset of the given one (less notes but all from the given scale)

Scale.reduced("major");
// => ["ionian pentatonic", "major pentatonic", "ritusen"]

Scale.scaleNotes(notes: string[]) => string[]

Given an array of notes, return the scale: a pitch class set starting from the first note

Scale.scaleNotes(["C4", "c3", "C5", "C4", "c4"]); // => ["C"]
Scale.scaleNotes(["D4", "c#5", "A5", "F#6"]); // => ["D", "F#", "A", "C#"]

Scale.modes(name: string) => string[][]

Find mode names (if any) of a given scale:

Scale.modeNames("C pentatonic"); // => [
//    ["C", "major pentatonic"],
//    ["D", "egyptian"],
//    ["E", "malkos raga"],
//    ["G", "ritusen"],
//    ["A", "minor pentatonic"]
//  ]

Scale.rangeOf(scaleName: string) => (from: string, to: string) => string[]

Scale.rangeOf returns a function to create scale ranges:

const range = Scale.rangeOf("C pentatonic");
range("C4", "C5"); // => ["C4", "D4", "E4", "G4", "A4", "C5"]

Please note that the scale name must have tonic:

const range = Scale.rangeOf("pentatonic");
range("C4", "C5"); // => []

This function also works with a collection of notes:

const range = Scale.rangeOf("C", "Db", "G");
range("C4", "C5"); // => ["C4", "Db4", "G4", "C5"]