/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the given note starts on a off-beat in the context of
/// the given bar, or whether it starts on an on-beat.
/// <para>
/// The note is considered to be an off-beat if it does not start on a strong beat,
/// i.e., it does not start in the beginning of the bar nor in the middle of the bar.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// Incase this method is intended to be called repeatedly through a bar,
/// it is recommended to use the more effecient analogous version of INote extension
/// method, which carries out the same task, but saves calculations of data that is
/// passed from the caller through additional parameters. Therefore the caller could
/// calculate them once per bar and pass them on continuous calls on the individual
/// notes.
/// </para>
/// For more information, check it out: <see cref="IsOffBeatNote(IBar, float, float?)"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="note"> The subject note in question.</param>
/// <param name="contextBar"> The bar which contains the note in question.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool IsOffBeatNote(this INote note, IBar contextBar)
{
// init
IDuration noteDuration;
float beatAccumulator = 0; // accumulates preceding notes length
// find starting point in bar for the given note
int noteIndex = contextBar.Notes.IndexOf(note);
// assure the given note exists in the given context bar
if (noteIndex < 0)
{
return(false);
}
// accumulate length of beats that precede the given note
for (int i = 0; i < noteIndex; i++)
{
noteDuration = contextBar.Notes[i].Duration;
beatAccumulator += (float)noteDuration.Numerator / noteDuration.Denominator;
}
// delegate task to optimized method version
return(contextBar.IsOffBeatNote(startingBeat: beatAccumulator));
}