auditory.described
Class Note

java.lang.Object
  auditory.described.AbstractContent
      auditory.described.Note

All Implemented Interfaces:

Content

public class Note
extends AbstractContent

An encapsulation of a single note in a song

See Also:

"The Design and Implementation of Multimedia Software © 2011"

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class auditory.described.AbstractContent

audible, dotted, playing, type

Constructor Summary

Note()
Default Constructor Constructs a whole note at middle C

Note(char pitch, boolean sharp, int octave, int type, boolean dotted)
Explicit Value Constructor

Method Summary

int	getMIDI() Get the MIDI number associated with this Note
protected void	startPlaying(javax.sound.midi.MidiChannel channel) Start playing this Note on the given MidiChannel
protected void	stopPlaying(javax.sound.midi.MidiChannel channel) Start playing this Note on the given MidiChannel

Methods inherited from class auditory.described.AbstractContent

getType, isDotted, render, setAudible, setDotted, setType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Note

public Note()

Default Constructor Constructs a whole note at middle C

Note

public Note(char pitch,
            boolean sharp,
            int octave,
            int type,
            boolean dotted)

Explicit Value Constructor

Parameters:

pitch - The pitch ('A','B','C','D','E','F', 'G' or 'R')

sharp - true for a sharp and false for a natural

octave - The octave (relative to middle C)

type - 1 for whole notes, 2 for half notes, etc...

dotted - Whether the note is dotted

Method Detail

getMIDI

public int getMIDI()

Get the MIDI number associated with this Note

Returns:

The MIDI number

startPlaying

protected void startPlaying(javax.sound.midi.MidiChannel channel)

Start playing this Note on the given MidiChannel

Specified by:

startPlaying in class AbstractContent

Parameters:

channel - The MIDI channel to use

stopPlaying

protected void stopPlaying(javax.sound.midi.MidiChannel channel)

Start playing this Note on the given MidiChannel

Specified by:

stopPlaying in class AbstractContent

Parameters:

channel - The MIDI channel to use