comparison chordtools/note2fifthposition.m @ 1:8973548174c1 tip

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+%
+%NOTE2FIFTHPOSITION find note position on the line of fifths w.r.t. C=0
+% 
+% [noteposition, success, errormessage] = note2fifthposition(note,{verbose})
+% 
+% Converts a note string to a natural position on the line of fifths and its 
+% corresponding number of sharps or flats. Reference on line of fifths is C = 0.
+% 
+% Success = 1 if note converted correctly, 0 otherwise.
+% 
+% If optional argument 'verbose' is 1, function prints any errormessage to 
+% the screen.
+% 
+% calls: 	note2fifthinfo
+%
+% returns:  noteposistion (integer)
+%           success (boolean)
+%           errormessage (string)
+% 
+%
+% Author: Christopher Harte,  March 2009
+% 
+% Copyright: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London 2005 
+%
+% This file is part of the C4DM Chord Toolkit V2.0  
+%
+% The C4DM Chord Toolkit is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
+% modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published 
+% by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% The C4DM Chord Toolkit is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with the C4DM Toolkit; if not, write to the Free Software
+% Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+%		
+function [noteposition, success, errormessage] = note2fifthposition(note, verbose)
+
+% set verbose default to 0
+if nargin < 3
+   verbose = 0;
+end
+
+errormessage = '';
+success = 1;
+noteposition = '';
+
+[notenatural, noteaccidentals, success1,errormessage] = note2fifthinfo(note);
+
+if success
+    noteposition = notenatural + 7.*noteaccidentals -1;
+end        
+            
+if (success == 0) && (verbose == 1)   
+    fprintf(1,errormessage);
+end  
+