Humdrum lab 8

chorck

Chorck is a Humdrum Extras tool for checking the part-writing syntax of chorales. documentation for the chork tool

Eight syntax rules are checked by the program, as defined in the music-theory textbook: . Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music by Stefan Kostka and Dorthy Payne:

1. Parallel 5ths between two voices when moving to different pitch classes.
2. Parallel Octaves between two voices when moving to different pitch classes.
3. Contrary parallel 5ths -- when two voices move in parallel 5ths displaced by an octave.
4. Unequal 5ths -- when the bass part and another voice move from dim 5ths to perfect 5ths or vice versa.
5. Hidden 5ths -- when the soprano moves in similar motion with another voice and the soprano leaps to a perfect 5th with that voice.
6. Hidden 8va -- when the soprano moves in similar motion with another voice and the soprano leaps to a perfect octave with that voice.
7. Voice crossing -- when an inner voice goes above the soprano voice or below the bass voice.
8. Open spacing -- when the interval between successive voices other than the bass exceeds an octave.

cint

cint is a tool that extract counterpoint modules from polyphonic music.

parallel thirds

The three-interval counterpoint module for stepwise rising parallel thirds is "3 2 3". this can be done as a filter in VHV:

  !!!filter: cint -O --search "3 2 3"

The -O option collapses intervals greater than an octave to less than an octave, such as 10th (an octave plus a 3rd) being transposed to 3rds.