makeNote

maelzel.scoring.makeNote(pitch, duration, offset=None, annotation='', gliss=False, withId=False, enharmonicSpelling='', dynamic='', **kws)[source]

Utility function to create a note Notation

Parameters:

  • pitch (Union[int, float, str]) – the pitch as midinote or notename. If given a pitch as str, the note in question is fixed at the given enharmonic representation.

  • duration (Union[float, int, Fraction]) – the duration of this Notation. Use 0 tp create a grace note

  • offset (Union[float, int, Fraction, None]) – the offset of this Notation (None to leave unset)

  • annotation – an optional text annotation for this note

  • gliss – does this Notation start a glissando?

  • withId – if True, this Notation has a group id and this id can be used to mark multiple notes as belonging to a same group

  • enharmonicSpelling – if given, this spelling of pitch will be used

  • dynamic – a dynamic such as ‘p’, ‘mf’, ‘ff’, etc.

  • **kws – any keyword accepted by Notation

Return type:

Notation

Returns:

the created Notation