In , the expression is used to determine the pitch-class of a specific note by calculating its distance from a reference point (usually C ) within a twelve-tone system. 🎵 Musical Application

Key properties

| Derivative | Expression | Singular support | |------------|------------|------------------| | DMOD 1 | sign(x) | None | | DMOD 2 | 2δ(x) | 0 | | DMOD 3 | 2δ'(x) | 0 | | ... | ... | ... | | DMOD 12 | 2δ⁽¹⁰⁾(x) | 0 | | DMOD 13 | 2δ⁽¹¹⁾(x) | 0 |