#include #include // toupper() #include // exit() #include // strlen() #define SW 40 // screen width /* generates 3 out of 42 bass guitar scales as I-IV-V or i-iv-V chord progressions programmed in C by boneSpider for PC, Android or iOS 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 and the scales: 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, char original_p, char original_sf); 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() { int i, prog; char original_p, original_sf, p, sf, cq; /* iterator, chord progression, original and current pitch, original and current accidental as a sharp, flat or natural, chord quality */ char caption[4]; int G[4], D[4], A[4], E[4]; char pitch[] = "ABCDEFGABCDEFGA"; // pitch[p = 0-14] 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, tonality of scale: "); scanf("%1c%1c%1c", &p, &sf, &cq); p = toupper(p); checkInput(pitch, s_or_f, Mm, p, sf, cq); original_p = p; original_sf = sf; if (cq == 'M') banner("I-IV-V", SW); else banner("i-iv-V", SW); newline(0); newline(0); // start of chord progression loop for (prog = 1; prog <=7; prog++) { if ((prog > 1) && (prog < 4)) continue; i = 0; if ((original_p == 'F') && (original_sf == 'b') && (prog == 5)) { caption[0] = p; caption[1] = sf; caption[2] = sf; caption[3] = cq; caption[4] = '\0'; } else { caption[0] = p; // assemble banner caption[1] = sf; caption[2] = cq; caption[3] = '\0'; } // display scale title banner(caption, SW); // encoding and selection switch(p) // of Major or minor scales { // and their enharmonic // transpositions case 'A': // negative numbers used as labels // for strings, -1 is the unused // bass string to aid transposition // -5's are skipPrint placeholders if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = 4; D[2] = 6; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 4; A[2] = 5; A[3] = 7; E[0] = -2; E[1] = -5; E[2] = 5; E[3] = 7;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = 5; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 5; A[2] = 7; A[3] = 8; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 5; E[2] = 7; E[3] = 8;} break; case 'B': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = 1; G[2] = 3; G[3] = 4; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 1; D[2] = 2; D[3] = 4; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 2; A[3] = 4; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = 2; G[3] = 4; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 2; D[2] = 4; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 2; A[2] = 4; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'C': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = 2; G[2] = 4; G[3] = 5; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 2; D[2] = 3; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 3; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = 3; G[3] = 5; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 3; D[2] = 5; D[3] = 6; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 3; A[2] = 5; A[3] = 6; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'D': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = 4; G[2] = 6; G[3] = 7; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 4; D[2] = 5; D[3] = 7; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 5; A[3] = 7; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = 5; G[3] = 7; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 5; D[2] = 7; D[3] = 8; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 5; A[2] = 7; A[3] = 8; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'E': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = 6; G[2] = 8; G[3] = 9; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 6; D[2] = 7; D[3] = 9; A[0] = -2; A[1] = -5; A[2] = 7; A[3] = 9; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = -5; G[2] = 7; G[3] = 9; D[0] = -3; D[1] = 7; D[2] = 9; D[3] = 10; A[0] = -2; A[1] = 7; A[2] = 9; A[3] = 10; E[0] = -1;} break; case 'F': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -4; G[1] = 7; G[2] = 9; 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] = 10; E[0] = -1;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = 1; D[3] = 3; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 1; A[2] = 3; A[3] = 4; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 1; E[2] = 3; E[3] = 4;} if ((cq == 'M') && (sf == 'x')){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = 2; D[2] = 4; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 2; A[2] = 3; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -2; E[1] = -5; E[2] = 3; E[3] = 5;} break; case 'G': if (cq == 'M'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = 2; D[2] = 4; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 2; A[2] = 3; A[3] = 5; E[0] = -2; E[1] = -5; E[2] = 3; E[3] = 5;} if (cq == 'm'){ G[0] = -1; D[0] = -4; D[1] = -5; D[2] = 3; D[3] = 5; A[0] = -3; A[1] = 3; A[2] = 5; A[3] = 6; E[0] = -2; E[1] = 3; E[2] = 5; E[3] = 6;} break; } if (sf != ' ') transpose(sf, G, D, A, E); // print ascending and descending scales // in bass tablature format printFrets(G, cq, original_p, original_sf); printFrets(D, cq, original_p, original_sf); printFrets(A, cq, original_p, original_sf); printFrets(E, cq, original_p, original_sf); 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 ((cq == 'M') && (frets[1] == 7)) m = 2; if ((cq == 'M') && (frets[3] == 11)) m = 2; if ((cq == 'm') && (frets[2] == 8)) m = 1; if (l==1) line(1); for (i=0; i<12+j-m; i++) { line(1); } for (i=j; i<4; i++) // skip +1 in frets printf("%d-", frets[i]); if ((frets[2] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) ; else for (i=0; ij-1; i--) printf("-%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = 1; if (cq == 'M') m = 0; if (l==3) line(1); if ((frets[2] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = 2; if ((frets[1] = -6) && (frets[2] == 5) && (frets[3] == 7) && (original_p == 'F') && (original_sf == 'b')) m = 2; // fixes Bbbm as iv of Fbm for (i=0; i<12-l+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); } if (frets[0] == -3) // D string { pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'M')) m = -1; if (cq == 'm') m = 0; 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++) printf("-%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = 0; 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<7-m; i++) line(1); for (i=3; i>0; i--) printf("%d-", frets[i]); if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = 3; else if (cq == 'm') m = 0; if ((frets[1] == 7) && (frets[3] == 10) && (cq == 'm')) m = 1; for (i=0; i<5-l+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); } if (frets[0] == -2) // A string { pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] >= -8) && (frets[1] <= -4)) { // skipPrint placeholder if (l==0) line(1); j++; k = 2; } if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) for (i=j; i<4; i++) printf("%d-", frets[i]); else for (i=j; i<4; i++) printf("-%d", frets[i]); if (cq == 'm') m = 1; if (cq == 'M') m = 0; if ((frets[1] == 7) && (cq == 'm')) m = 0; if ((frets[1] == 8) && (cq == 'm')) m = -1; if ((frets[1] == 5) && (frets[2] == 7) && (frets[3] == 8) && (original_p == 'F') && (original_sf == 'b')) m = 1; // fixes Bbbm as iv of Fbm for (i=0; i<12+k+m; i++) line(1); pipebar(0); if ((frets[1] >= -8) && (frets[1] <= -4)) // skipPrint placeholder m = 1; if ((frets[3] == 10) && (cq == 'm')) m = 0; if (cq == 'M') m = 1; for (i=0; i<12+m-1; i++) line(1); for (i=3; i>j-1; i--) printf("-%d", frets[i]); for (i=0; i

I_bass_IV_Scales_V.c