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librosa.hz_to_svara_h

librosa.hz_to_svara_h(frequencies, *, Sa, abbr=True, octave=True, unicode=True)

Convert frequencies (in Hz) to Hindustani svara

Note that this conversion assumes 12-tone equal temperament.

Parameters:

frequenciespositive number or np.ndarray

The frequencies (in Hz) to convert

Sapositive number

Frequency (in Hz) of the reference Sa.

abbrbool

If True (default) return abbreviated names (‘S’, ‘r’, ‘R’, ‘g’, ‘G’, …)

If False, return long-form names (‘Sa’, ‘re’, ‘Re’, ‘ga’, ‘Ga’, …)

octavebool

If True, decorate svara in neighboring octaves with over- or under-dots.

If False, ignore octave height information.

unicodebool

If True, use unicode symbols to decorate octave information.

If False, use low-order ASCII (’ and ,) for octave decorations.

This only takes effect if octave=True.

Returns:

svarastr or list of str

The svara corresponding to the given frequency/frequencies

See also

midi_to_svara_h

note_to_svara_h

hz_to_svara_c

hz_to_note

Examples

Convert Sa in three octaves:

>>> librosa.hz_to_svara_h([261/2, 261, 261*2], Sa=261)
['Ṣ', 'S', 'Ṡ']

Convert one octave worth of frequencies with full names:

>>> freqs = librosa.cqt_frequencies(n_bins=12, fmin=261)
>>> librosa.hz_to_svara_h(freqs, Sa=freqs[0], abbr=False)
['Sa', 're', 'Re', 'ga', 'Ga', 'ma', 'Ma', 'Pa', 'dha', 'Dha', 'ni', 'Ni']