musicscore.musictree

class musicscore.musictree.MusicTree(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Tree

MusicTree is the parent class of all music tree objects:

Score (root)
Part (1st layer)
Measure (2nd layer)
Staff (3rd layer)
Voice (4th layer)
Beat (5th layer)
Chord, Rest or GraceChord (6th layer)
Note (7th layer)
Midi (8th layer) Midi can represent a pitch or a rest (value=0) and controls accidental sign of the pitch if necessary.
Accidental (9th layer)

add_child(child: Tree) → Tree

Tree method

Check and add child to list of children. Child’s parent is set to self.

Parameters:: child –
Returns:: child
Return type:: Tree

get_beat(*args, **kwargs) → Beat[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part, Measure and Staff and Voice

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number, measure_number, staff_number, voice_number, beat_number depending on musicscore’s class. A Staff for example needs voice_number and beat_number while a Score needs all keyword arguments.

Return type:

Beat

get_beats() → List[Beat][source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part, Measure, Staff and Voice.

Returns:: a flat list of all beats.
Return type:: List[Beat]

get_children() → List[Tree]

Tree method

Returns:: list of added children.
Return type:: List[Tree]

get_children_of_type(type) → List[Tree]

Tree method

Returns:: list of added children of type.
Return type:: List[Tree]

get_chord(*args, **kwargs) → Chord[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part, Measure, Staff, Voice and Beat

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number, measure_number, staff_number, voice_number, beat_number, chord_number depending on musicscore’s class. A Staff for example needs voice_number, beat_number and chord_number while a Score needs all keyword arguments.

Return type:

Chord

get_chords() → List[Chord][source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part, Measure and Staff, Voice and Beat

Returns:: a flat list of all chords.
Return type:: List[Chord]

get_coordinates_in_tree() → str

Tree method

Returns:: 0 for root. 1, 2, … for layer 1. Other layers: x.y.z…. Example: 3.2.2 => third child of secod child of second child of the root.
Return type:: str

>>> class TestTree(Tree):
...   def _check_child_to_be_added(self, child):
...      return True
>>> root = TestTree()
>>> root.get_coordinates_in_tree()
'0'
>>> child1 = root.add_child(TestTree())
>>> child2 = root.add_child(TestTree())
>>> grandchild1 = child2.add_child(TestTree())
>>> grandchild2 = child2.add_child(TestTree())
>>> child1.get_coordinates_in_tree()
'1'
>>> child2.get_coordinates_in_tree()
'2'
>>> grandchild1.get_coordinates_in_tree()
'2.1'
>>> grandchild2.get_coordinates_in_tree()
'2.2'

get_indentation() → str

Tree method

Returns:: indentation according to level (layer number). As default it is used for creating tabs in tree_representation
Return type:: str

get_layer(level: int, key: Callable | None = None) → list

Tree method

Parameters:

level – layer number where 0 is the root.
key – An optional callable for each node in the layer.

Returns:

All nodes on this level. The leaves of branches which are shorter than the given level will be repeated on this and all following layers.

Return type:

list

get_leaves(key: Callable | None = None) → list

Tree method

Parameters:: key – An optional callable to be called on each leaf.
Returns:: nested list of leaves or values of key(leaf) for each leaf
Return type:: nested list of Tree

get_measure(*args, **kwargs) → Measure[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number, measure_number depending on musicscore’s class.

Return type:

Measure

get_parent() → Tree

Tree method

Returns:: parent. None for root.
Return type:: Tree

get_part(*args, **kwargs) → Part[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number.

Return type:

Part

get_root() → Tree

Tree method

Returns:: root (upmost node of a tree which has no parent)
Return type:: Tree

get_staff(*args, **kwargs) → Staff[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score, Part and Measure

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number, measure_number, staff_number depending on musicscore’s class.

Return type:

Staff

get_voice(*args, **kwargs) → Voice[source]

MusicTree method

This method can be used for Score and Part, Measure and Staff

Parameters:

args – can be used instead of kwargs. A mixture of args and kwargs is not allowed.
kwargs – part_number, measure_number, staff_number, voice_number depending on musicscore’s class.

Return type:

Voice

iterate_leaves() → Iterator[Tree]

Tree method

Returns:: A generator iterating over all leaves.

remove(child: Tree) → None

Tree method

Child’s parent will be set to None and child will be removed from list of children.

Parameters:: child –
Returns:: None

remove_children() → None

Tree method

Calls remove() on all children.

Returns:: None

replace_child(old, new, index: int = 0) → None

Tree method

Parameters:

old – child or function
new – child
index – index of old child in the list of its appearances

Returns:

None

reversed_path_to_root() → Iterator[Tree]

Tree method

Returns:: path from self upwards through all ancestors up to the root.

traverse() → Iterator[Tree]

Tree method

Traverse all tree nodes.

Returns:: generator

tree_representation(key: Callable | None = None, tab: Callable | None = None) → str

Tree method

Parameters:

key – An optional callable if None compact_repr property of each node is called.
tab – An optional callable if None get_indentation() method of each node is called.

Returns:

a representation of all nodes as string in tree form.

Return type:

str

property compact_repr: str

Tree property

Returns:: compact representation of a node. Default is the string representation. This property is used as default in the tree_representation method and can be customized in subclasses to get the most appropriate representation.
Return type:: str

default_show_accidental_signs = 'modern': Class attribute of MusicTree

property is_leaf: bool

Tree property

Returns:: True if self has no children. False if self has one or more children.
Return type:: bool

property is_root: bool

Tree property

Returns:: True if self has no parent, else False.
Return type:: bool

property level: int

Tree property

Returns:: 0 for root, 1, 2 etc. for each layer of children
Return type:: nonnegative int

>>> class TestTree(Tree):
...   def _check_child_to_be_added(self, child):
...      return True
>>> root = TestTree()
>>> root.level
0
>>> ch = root.add_child(TestTree()).add_child(TestTree()).add_child(TestTree())
>>> ch.level
3

property next: Tree | None

Tree property

Returns:: next sibling. None if this is the last current child of the parent.
Return type:: Tree

property previous: Tree | None

Tree property

Returns:: previous sibling. None if this is the first child of the parent.
Return type:: Tree

property show_accidental_signs: str

MusicTree property

If show_accidental_signs is set to None the first get_quantized of ancestors which is False or True will be returned.
If show_accidental_signs is set to None it will be converted to default_show_accidental_signs
Possible show_accidental_signs are: None, ‘modern’, ‘traditional’

Type:: Optional[str]
Return type:: str

property up: Tree

Tree property

Returns:: get_parent()
Return type:: Tree