The P14 Transform

P14 on C, voice by voice: the chords it pairs, the voice that steps, the source's own words, and every chord each side spells.

On C, P14 pairs C7 (C E G Bb) with Cmaj7 (C E G B): 1 voice steps, 3 hold, and the lead costs 1 semitone.

The voices of C7 paired with Cmaj7 by P14
Voice Becomes Step
C C holds
E E holds
G G holds
Bb B +1

What each side spells

  • C7: C7
  • Cmaj7: Cmaj7

The paper's printed cycle through all 51 chords takes this step 8 times.

As the source prints it

The most parsimonious transformations exchange two types of sevenths moving just a note by a semitone or a whole-tone.

P14 : [x, x + 4, x + 7, x + 10] ↔ [x, x + 4, x + 7, x + 11]

— A Generalized Dual of the Tonnetz for Seventh Chords: Mathematical, Computational and Compositional Aspects, pp. 301–308; Sonia Cannas and Moreno Andreatta. The source, read 2026-10-25.

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