librosa.hz_to_fjs

librosa.hz_to_fjs(frequencies, *, fmin=None, unison=None, unicode=False)[source]

Convert one or more frequencies (in Hz) from a just intonation scale to notes in FJS notation.

Parameters:

frequenciesfloat or iterable of float: Input frequencies, specified in Hz
fminfloat (optional): The minimum frequency, corresponding to a unison note. If not provided, it will be inferred as min(frequencies)
unisonstr (optional): The name of the unison note. If not provided, it will be inferred as the scientific pitch notation name of fmin, that is, hz_to_note(fmin)
unicodebool: If True, then unicode symbols are used for accidentals. If False, then low-order ASCII symbols are used for accidentals.

Returns:

notesstr or np.ndarray(dtype=str): notes[i] is the closest note name to frequency[i] (or frequency if the input is scalar)

See also

hz_to_note
interval_to_fjs

Examples

Get a single note name for a frequency, relative to A=55 Hz

>>> librosa.hz_to_fjs(66, fmin=55, unicode=True)
'C₅'

Get notation for a 5-limit frequency set starting at A=55

>>> freqs = librosa.interval_frequencies(24, intervals="ji5", fmin=55)
>>> freqs
array([ 55.   ,  58.667,  61.875,  66.   ,  68.75 ,  73.333,  77.344,
    82.5  ,  88.   ,  91.667,  99.   , 103.125, 110.   , 117.333,
   123.75 , 132.   , 137.5  , 146.667, 154.687, 165.   , 176.   ,
   183.333, 198.   , 206.25 ])
>>> librosa.hz_to_fjs(freqs, unicode=True)
array(['A', 'B♭₅', 'B', 'C₅', 'C♯⁵', 'D', 'D♯⁵', 'E', 'F₅', 'F♯⁵', 'G₅',
   'G♯⁵', 'A', 'B♭₅', 'B', 'C₅', 'C♯⁵', 'D', 'D♯⁵', 'E', 'F₅', 'F♯⁵',
   'G₅', 'G♯⁵'], dtype='<U3')