Chord Finder
This program should be able to display the chord name of the user inputted notes. This could help beginner musicians more quickly understand what chords they are playing.
To compile:
cpp -o chord chord_v8.cpp
To run:
./chord
Array Setup
In order to read both sharps and flats I made 2 "dictionaries"; one for sharps and one for flats. The program will run through both arrays and grab which ever values match. Double accidentals aren't an acceptable parameter yet.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharps | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# |
| Flats | A | Bb | B | C | Db | D | Eb | E | F | Gb | G | Ab |
Example
Currently supports up to 4 notes but not all chords combinations have been defined.
Input:
A C# E
Output:
A major
Inversions
Inversions are also supported but only up to the Second Inversion.
Input:
E A C#
Output:
A major, 2nd Inversion
Development
Currently I'm working on adding 7th chords as well as their inversions (third inversions). Also adding intervals when only two notes are inputted. Lastly I'd like to be able to define extended chords (11 & 13 chords) with only 4 notes:
Input:
G F A E
Output:
G 13
Since the last update I realized I could probably make tons of improvments in my code and port this to java and make an app out of it so this update will probably be the last.