From 33e376806164072f94cdf9a682262db19ff590d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Cully <bjc@spork.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:26:55 -0400
Subject: =?UTF-8?q?js:=20add=20=E2=80=98Note=E2=80=99=20class?=
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---
 scale.mjs | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scale.mjs b/scale.mjs
index de25d14..9bec03b 100644
--- a/scale.mjs
+++ b/scale.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,92 @@ function notesBetween(a, b) {
     }
 }
 
+export class Note {
+    static natural = '♮';
+    static sharp = '♯';
+    static flat = '♭';
+
+    static range = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'];
+    static get first() {
+        return this.range.at(0);
+    }
+    static get last() {
+        return this.range.at(-1);
+    }
+
+    static noSharps = ['B', 'E'];
+    static get noFlats() {
+        return this.noSharps.map(n => String.fromCharCode(n.charCodeAt()+1))
+    }
+
+    static fromString(string) {
+        const [root, accidental] = [string[0], string[1]];
+        switch (accidental) {
+        case this.sharp:
+            if (this.noSharps.includes(root)) {
+                return new this(String.fromCharCode(root.charCodeAt()+1))
+            } else {
+                return new this(root, true);
+            }
+        case this.flat:
+            if (this.noFlats.includes(root)) {
+                return new this(String.fromCharCode(root.charCodeAt()-1));
+            } else if (root === Note.first) {
+                // i don't want to make a ring buffer that accepts
+                // negative indices, ok???
+                return new this(Note.last, true);
+            } else {
+                const code = root.charCodeAt();
+                return new this(String.fromCharCode(code-1), true);
+            }
+        case undefined:
+        case this.natural:
+            return new this(root);
+        default:
+            throw new Error('wtf is that accidental', accidental);
+        }
+    }
+
+    constructor(root, isSharp=false) {
+        if (isSharp && Note.noSharps.includes(root)) {
+            throw new Error(`bad note: ${root}${Note.sharp}`);
+        }
+        this.root = root;
+        this.isSharp = isSharp;
+    }
+
+    toString() {
+        return this.root + (this.isSharp ? Note.sharp : '');
+    }
+
+    toAlternateString() {
+        if (this.isSharp) {
+            const next = (this.root === Note.last) ? Note.first : String.fromCharCode(this.root.charCodeAt()+1);
+            if (Note.noSharps.includes(this.root)) {
+                return next;
+            } else {
+                return next + Note.flat;
+            }
+        } else if (Note.noFlats.includes(this.root)) {
+            const prev = (this.root === Note.first) ? Note.last : String.fromCharCode(this.root.charCodeAt()-1);
+            return prev + Note.sharp;
+        } else {
+            return this.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    toRelativeString(other) {
+        const alternate = this.toAlternateString();
+        const otherStr = other.toString();
+        const delta = otherStr.charCodeAt() - alternate.charCodeAt();
+        if (delta === -1 || delta === 1) {
+            return alternate;
+        } else {
+            return this.toString();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 const ringHandler = {
     get(target, prop) {
         return target[prop % target.length] || Reflect.get(...arguments);
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