#include #include // toupper() #include // exit() #include // strlen() #define SW 40 // screen width /* generates 1 out of 42 bass guitar arpeggios programmed in C by boneSpider referenced from https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/lessons_-_scales/major_and_minor_scales_bass_42016 format: [A-G | a-g][#|' '|b][M | m] ex. A M GbM a#m Fbm bbM enharmonic equivalents of the arpeggios: ex. E#M | M| m| #M| #m| bM| bm| F M -+---+---+---+---+---+---| A| X | X | X | X | X | X | -+---+---+---+---+---+---| Cbm B| X | X | X | X | X | X | B m -+---+---+---+---+---+---| C| X | X | X | X | X | X | Abm -+---+---+---+---+---+---| G#m D| X | X | X | X | X | X | -+---+---+---+---+---+---| B#M E| X | X | X | X | X | X | C M -+---+---+---+---+---+---| F| X | X | X | X | X | X | -+---+---+---+---+---+---| Fbm G| X | X | X | X | X | X | E m -+---+---+---+---+---+---+ X = referenced with website and tested on bass */ void checkInput(char pitch[], char s_or_f[], char Mm[], char p, char sf, char cq); void transpose(char sf, int G[], int D[], int A[], int E[]); void banner(char str[], int width); void printFrets(int frets[], char cq); void newline(int position); void centerLine(char *str, int width); void pipebar(int alignment); void space(); void plus(); void line(int option); // 1 = '-', 2 = '=' int main() { char p, sf, cq; // pitch, sharp or flat, chord quality char caption[4]; int G[4], D[4], A[4], E[4]; char pitch[] = "ABCDEFG"; // pitch[p = 0-6] char s_or_f[] = "#b ";// // s_or_f[sf = 0-2] char Mm[] = "Mm"; // Mm[cq = 0-1] printf("ex. [A-G | a-g][#| \' \' |b][M | m]\n"); printf("Enter pitch, accidental, and tonality of arpeggio: "); scanf("%1c%1c%1c", &p, &sf, &cq); p = toupper(p); checkInput(pitch, s_or_f, Mm, p, sf, cq); caption[0] = p; // assemble banner caption[1] = sf; caption[2] = cq; caption[3] = '\0';//display chosen arpeggio banner(caption, SW); // encoding and selection switch(p) // of Major or minor arpeggios { // and their enharmonic // transpositions case 'A': // negative numbers used as labels // for strings, -1 is the unused // bass string to aid transposition // -5 or -8 as skipPrint placeholders if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -8; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 4; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 7; E[0] = -2; E[1] = -5; E[2] = 5; E[3] = -8;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -3; A[1] = -8; A[2] = 7; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 5; E[2] = -8; E[3] = 8;} break; case 'B': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -8; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 4; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 1; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 4; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 2; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 4; D[0] = -3; D[1] = -8; D[2] = 4; D[3] = -8; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 2; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'C': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -8; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 5; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 2; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 3; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 5; D[0] = -3; D[1] = -8; D[2] = 5; D[3] = -8; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 3; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 6; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'D': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -8; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 7; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 4; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 5; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 7; D[0] = -3; D[1] = -8; D[2] = 7; D[3] = -8; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 5; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 8; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'E': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -8; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 9; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 6; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 9; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 7; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 9; D[0] = -3; D[1] = -8; D[2] = 9; D[3] = -8; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 7; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 10; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'F': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -8; G[2] = -8; G[3] = 10; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 7; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 10; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 8; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 3; A[0] = -3; A[1] = -8; A[2] = 3; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 1; E[2] = -8; E[3] = 4;} break; case 'G': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -8; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 2; A[2] = -8; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -2; E[1] = -5; E[2] = 3; E[3] = -8;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = -8; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -3; A[1] = -8; A[2] = 5; A[3] = -8; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 3; E[2] = -8; E[3] = 6;} break; } if (sf != ' ') transpose(sf, G, D, A, E); printFrets(G, cq); // print ascending printFrets(D, cq); // and descending printFrets(A, cq); // arpeggios in bass printFrets(E, cq); // tablature format return 0; } /*****************************************/ void checkInput(char pitch[], char s_or_f[], char Mm[], char p, char sf, char cq) { int i = 0; while (i 9) || (frets[2] > 9)) l = 1; if ((frets[3] > 9) && (frets[2] > 9)) l = 3; if (frets[0] == -4) // G string { pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] >= -6) && (frets[1] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if ((frets[2] >= -6) && (frets[2] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if ((frets[3] >= -6) && (frets[3] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if (cq == 'm') { k = 0; m = -1; } if ((cq == 'M') && (frets[1] == 7)) m = 2; if ((cq == 'M') && (frets[3] > 9)) m = 0; if ((cq == 'm') && (frets[2] == 8)) m = 1; if ((cq == 'm') && (frets[3] > 9)) m = 0; if (l==1) line(1); for (i=0; i<10+j-m; i++) { line(1); } for (i=j; i<4; i++) // skip +1 in frets if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) if (l!=0) printf("-"); else printf("--"); else printf("%d---", frets[i]); if ((frets[2] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) ; else for (i=0; ij-1; i--) if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) printf("--"); else printf("---%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = 2; if (cq == 'M') m = 0; if (l==3) line(1); if ((frets[2] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = 2; for (i=0; i<10-l+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); } if (frets[0] == -3) // D string { pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] >= -6) && (frets[1] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if ((frets[2] >= -6) && (frets[2] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if ((frets[3] >= -6) && (frets[3] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder j++; k = 1; } if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'M')) m = -1; if (cq == 'm') m = 2; if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) { m = 3; } if ((frets[1] == 7) && (frets[3] == 10) && (cq == 'm')) m = 1; for (i=0; i<6-l+m; i++) line(1); for (i=1; i<4; i++) if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) printf("--"); else printf("-%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = 2; if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) { m = 2; } if ((frets[1] == 7) && (frets[3] == 10) && (cq == 'm')) m = 1; for (i=0; i<7-m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); for (i=0; i<6-m; i++) line(1); for (i=3; i>0; i--) if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) printf("--"); else printf("-%d", frets[i]); if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = 3; else if (cq == 'm') m = 2; if ((frets[1] == 7) && (frets[3] == 10) && (cq == 'm')) m = 1; for (i=0; i<6-l+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); } if (frets[0] == -2) // A string { pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] >= -6) && (frets[1] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder if (l==0) line(1); j++; k = 2; } if ((frets[2] >= -6) && (frets[2] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder if (l==0) line(1); j++; k = 2; } if ((frets[3] >= -6) && (frets[3] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder if (l==0) line(1); j++; k = 2; } if ((frets[1] == 8) && (frets[2] != -7) && (cq == 'm')) for (i=j; i<4; i++) printf("-%d", frets[i]); else for (i=j; i<4; i++) if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) printf("--"); else printf("--%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = -1; if (cq == 'M') m = -1; if ((frets[1] == 7) && (cq == 'm')) m = 0; if ((frets[3] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = -1; if ((frets[3] > 9) && (cq == 'm')) m = -2; for (i=0; i<12+k+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); if (cq == 'm') m = -1; if ((frets[3] > 9) && (cq == 'm')) m = -2; if (cq == 'M') m = 2; for (i=0; i<12+m-1; i++) line(1); for (i=3; i>j-1; i--) if ((frets[i] >= -9) && (frets[i] <= -7)) printf("--"); else printf("%d--", frets[i]); pipebar(0); } if (frets[0] == -1) // E string centerLine("|", SW); // central alignment measure bar newline(0); } /*****************************************/ void banner(char str[], int width) { int length = strlen(str); int i, margin = width/2-length/2; newline(2); for(i=0; i

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