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Converts from music notes to number of semitones
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type Notes = | |
| A = 0 | |
| ASharp = 1 | |
| B = 2 | |
| C = 3 | |
| CSharp = 4 | |
| D = 5 | |
| DSharp = 6 | |
| E = 7 | |
| F = 8 | |
| FSharp = 9 | |
| G = 10 | |
| GSharp = 11;; | |
// Incomplete http://www.seventhstring.com/resources/notefrequencies.html | |
let notesToFreq = | |
Map[ | |
(Notes.A, 4), 440.0; | |
(Notes.ASharp, 4), 466.2; | |
(Notes.B, 4), 493.9; | |
(Notes.C, 5), 523.3; | |
(Notes.CSharp, 5), 554.4; | |
(Notes.D, 5), 587.3; | |
(Notes.DSharp, 5), 622.3; | |
(Notes.E, 5), 659.3; | |
(Notes.F, 5), 698.5; | |
(Notes.FSharp, 5), 740.0; | |
(Notes.G, 5), 784.0; | |
(Notes.GSharp, 5), 830.6];; | |
let semitoneInterval = 1.0595;; | |
let numberOfSemitones first second = log(Map.find second notesToFreq / Map.find first notesToFreq)/log(semitoneInterval) |> round |> int;; | |
// Test | |
numberOfSemitones (Notes.A,4) (Notes.GSharp, 5) = 11;; | |
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