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Module transposition

Module transposition 

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How many distinct transpositions a set of pitches has: music21’s analysis.transposition.

A set is transposed up by each of the twelve semitones, and the transpositions are told apart by their normal orders. An augmented triad has four, since every fourth transposition lands on itself:

  +0 [0,4,8]  +1 [1,5,9]  +2 [2,6,10]  +3 [3,7,11]  +4 [0,4,8] ...

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TranspositionChecker
A set of pitches and its transpositions: music21’s TranspositionChecker.