Giuliani studies as own material category; beam-before-draw fix

- NEW material 'giuliani': figures require a real voicing — the generator
  assigns cycle positions (bass root + upper chord tones) to DISTINCT
  strings with valid frets per bar; bars that cannot be voiced are skipped
  (deterministic), clear error when nothing fits. Patterns: p-i-m, p-i-m-a,
  p-a-m-i, a-i-m, p-i-m-a-m-i, p-m-a-m-i-m. Honors the chord pool, string
  restrictions and the tuning; one figure per beat.
- 6/8 meter added (numerator 6) across score model, settings, generators;
  meter selects now offer 4/4, 3/4, 6/8.
- Arpeggio category: Giuliani entries replaced with note-sequence
  broken-chord figures (1-3-2-1, 1-3-2-5(8), 1-5-3-5(8), 1-2-3-5-3) —
  pure pitch sequences, no voicing claims.
- Beam fix (root cause): setBeam now happens BEFORE voice.draw — VexFlow
  decides flag vs beam at draw time; registering after drawing left both
  flag and beam. Beams drawn after notes, flags suppressed correctly.

src/components/PhraseSheetMusic.tsx

@@ -324,9 +324,33 @@ export const PhraseSheetMusic: React.FC<PhraseSheetMusicProps> = ({
                 formatter.joinVoices(voices.map(v => v.voice));
                 formatter.format(voices.map(v => v.voice), formatWidth);
 
+                // --- Beams: BEFORE drawing notes. setBeam must happen prior to
+                // voice.draw — VexFlow decides flag vs beam on this.beam at
+                // draw time; registering late leaves BOTH flag and beam.
+                const beamPairs: { a: Fragment; b2: Fragment }[] = [];
+                const beamed = frags.filter(f => (f.isEighth || f.isSixteenth) && f.note instanceof StaveNote);
+                for (let i = 0; i + 1 < beamed.length; i++) {
+                    const a = beamed[i], b2 = beamed[i + 1];
+                    if (a.staveKey !== b2.staveKey) continue;
+                    const step = a.isSixteenth ? 120 : 240;
+                    if (b2.start - a.start !== step) continue;
+                    if ((a.ticks !== step) || (b2.ticks !== step)) continue;
+                    const beatA = Math.floor((a.start - measureStart) / 480);
+                    const beatB = Math.floor((b2.start - measureStart) / 480);
+                    if (beatA === beatB) beamPairs.push({ a, b2 });
+                }
+                // Apply beams to notes FIRST (suppresses flags), then draw.
+                const beams = beamPairs.map(({ a, b2 }) => {
+                    const beam = new Beam([a.note, b2.note], false);
+                    a.note.setBeam(beam);
+                    b2.note.setBeam(beam);
+                    return beam;
+                });
+
                 treble.setContext(context).draw();
                 if (bass) bass.setContext(context).draw();
                 for (const { voice, stave } of voices) voice.draw(context, stave);
+                for (const beam of beams) beam.setContext(context).draw();
 
                 if (isGrand && isFirstOfRow) {
                     const brace = new StaveConnector(treble, bass!);
@@ -337,27 +361,6 @@ export const PhraseSheetMusic: React.FC<PhraseSheetMusicProps> = ({
                     line.setContext(context).draw();
                 }
 
-                // --- Beams: consecutive eighth/16th pairs within one beat ---
-                // Note: the Beam must be registered on each note via setBeam,
-                // otherwise VexFlow still draws flags (beam === undefined in
-                // shouldDrawFlag) and you get BOTH flag and beam.
-                const beamed = frags.filter(f => (f.isEighth || f.isSixteenth) && f.note instanceof StaveNote);
-                for (let i = 0; i + 1 < beamed.length; i++) {
-                    const a = beamed[i], b2 = beamed[i + 1];
-                    if (a.staveKey !== b2.staveKey) continue;
-                    // consecutive within the same beat, same subdivision size
-                    const step = a.isSixteenth ? 120 : 240;
-                    if (b2.start - a.start !== step) continue;
-                    if ((a.ticks !== step) || (b2.ticks !== step)) continue;
-                    const beatA = Math.floor((a.start - measureStart) / 480);
-                    const beatB = Math.floor((b2.start - measureStart) / 480);
-                    if (beatA === beatB) {
-                        const beam = new Beam([a.note, b2.note], false);
-                        a.note.setBeam(beam);
-                        b2.note.setBeam(beam);
-                        beam.setContext(context).draw();
-                    }
-                }
             }
 
             // --- Ties between consecutive fragments of one event (this row) ---

src/components/PhraseTrainer.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { computePlayableNotes, isFrettedInstrument, positionsWithinWindow } from
 import { generateMelody } from '../music/melodyGenerator';
 import { generateScaleDrill } from '../music/scaleDrills';
 import { generateArpeggio, type ArpeggioDegree } from '../music/arpeggioGenerator';
+import { generateGiulianiStudy, GIULIANI_PATTERN_LABELS, type GiulianiPattern } from '../music/giulianiGenerator';
 import { isMode, type ModeId } from '../music/scales';
 import { ARPEGGIO_DEGREE_LABELS } from '../music/arpeggioGenerator';
 import { scoreEvents, type Result, type Score, type ScoreEvent } from '../score/model';
@@ -191,6 +192,19 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                     rhythm: phrase.scaleRhythm,
                 }, pool);
             }
+            if (phrase.material === 'giuliani') {
+                return generateGiulianiStudy({
+                    keyTonic: phrase.keyTonic,
+                    keyMode: (isMode(phrase.keyMode) ? phrase.keyMode : 'major') as ModeId,
+                    pattern: phrase.giulianiPattern,
+                    meter: { numerator: phrase.meterNumerator, denominator: 4 },
+                    tuningId: settings.tuningId,
+                    bars: phrase.giulianiBars,
+                    chordSelection: phrase.arpeggioChordSelection as string[],
+                    seed: melodySeed,
+                    allowedStrings: pf.strings,
+                }, pool);
+            }
             if (phrase.material === 'arpeggio') {
                 return generateArpeggio({
                     keyTonic: phrase.keyTonic,
@@ -221,6 +235,7 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
             phrase.arpeggioDegree, phrase.arpeggioPattern, phrase.arpeggioCoverage,
             phrase.arpeggioBars, phrase.arpeggioProgression, phrase.arpeggioRhythm,
             phrase.arpeggioChordSelection, melodySeed,
+            phrase.giulianiPattern, phrase.giulianiBars,
             melodySeed, pool, importedScore]);
 
         const fullScore: Result<Score> | null = useMemo(() => {
@@ -557,6 +572,7 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                     <option value="melody">Melodies (generated)</option>
                                     <option value="scale">Scale drills</option>
                                     <option value="arpeggio">Arpeggios (generated)</option>
+                                    <option value="giuliani">Giuliani studies</option>
                                     <option value="library">Exercises</option>
                                     <option value="import">Imported file</option>
                                 </select>
@@ -576,9 +592,10 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                     <label>Meter
-                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Number(e.target.value) === 3 ? 3 : 4 })}>
+                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Math.max(3, Math.min(6, Number(e.target.value))) as 3 | 4 | 6 })}>
                                             <option value={4}>4/4</option>
                                             <option value={3}>3/4</option>
+                                            <option value={6}>6/8</option>
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                     <label>Rhythm
@@ -608,9 +625,10 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                     <label>Meter
-                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Number(e.target.value) === 3 ? 3 : 4 })}>
+                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Math.max(3, Math.min(6, Number(e.target.value))) as 3 | 4 | 6 })}>
                                             <option value={4}>4/4</option>
                                             <option value={3}>3/4</option>
+                                            <option value={6}>6/8</option>
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                 </>
@@ -624,14 +642,11 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                             <option value="down">Down</option>
                                             <option value="updown">Up &amp; down</option>
                                             <option value="1235">1-2-3-5</option>
-                                            <optgroup label="Giuliani studies">
-                                                <option value="giuliani-pim">p-i-m</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-pima">p-i-m-a</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-pami">p-a-m-i</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-aim">a-i-m</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-pimamim">p-i-m-a-m-i</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-pmamim">p-m-a-m-i-m</option>
-                                                <option value="giuliani-peamama">p-e-a-m-a-m</option>
+                                            <optgroup label="Broken-chord figures">
+                                                <option value="1321">1-3-2-1</option>
+                                                <option value="1325">1-3-2-5(8)</option>
+                                                <option value="1535">1-5-3-5(8)</option>
+                                                <option value="12353">1-2-3-5-3</option>
                                             </optgroup>
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
@@ -688,14 +703,42 @@ export const PhraseTrainer = forwardRef<PhraseHandle, PhraseTrainerProps>(
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                     <label>Meter
-                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Number(e.target.value) === 3 ? 3 : 4 })}>
+                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Math.max(3, Math.min(6, Number(e.target.value))) as 3 | 4 | 6 })}>
                                             <option value={4}>4/4</option>
                                             <option value={3}>3/4</option>
+                                            <option value={6}>6/8</option>
                                         </select>
                                     </label>
                                 </>
                             )}
 
+                            {phrase.material === 'giuliani' && (
+                                <>
+                                    <label>Pattern
+                                        <select value={phrase.giulianiPattern} onChange={e => setPhrase({ giulianiPattern: e.target.value as PhraseSettings['giulianiPattern'] })}>
+                                            {(Object.keys(GIULIANI_PATTERN_LABELS) as GiulianiPattern[]).map(p => (
+                                                <option key={p} value={p}>{GIULIANI_PATTERN_LABELS[p]}</option>
+                                            ))}
+                                        </select>
+                                    </label>
+                                    <label>Length
+                                        <select value={phrase.giulianiBars} onChange={e => setPhrase({ giulianiBars: Math.max(1, Math.min(8, Number(e.target.value))) })}>
+                                            {[1, 2, 4, 6, 8].map(b => <option key={b} value={b}>{b} bars</option>)}
+                                        </select>
+                                    </label>
+                                    <label>Meter
+                                        <select value={phrase.meterNumerator} onChange={e => setPhrase({ meterNumerator: Math.max(3, Math.min(6, Number(e.target.value))) as 3 | 4 | 6 })}>
+                                            <option value={4}>4/4</option>
+                                            <option value={3}>3/4</option>
+                                            <option value={6}>6/8</option>
+                                        </select>
+                                    </label>
+                                    <span style={{ fontSize: '11px', opacity: 0.7, alignSelf: 'center' }}>
+                                        Chords: from the arpeggio chord pool; voicing enforced (bass + upper strings).
+                                    </span>
+                                </>
+                            )}
+
                             {phrase.material === 'library' && (
                                 <label>Exercise
                                     <select value={phrase.libraryId || EXERCISES[0].id} onChange={e => setPhrase({ libraryId: e.target.value, startBar: 1 })}>

src/music/arpeggioGenerator.ts

@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ export type ArpeggioPattern =
     | 'up' | 'down' | 'updown' | '1235'
     // Giuliani-style right-hand figures over one chord (indices into the
     // chord cycle per note; 1=root 2=third 3=fifth 4=octave):
-    | 'giuliani-pim'   // root-third-fifth (p-i-m)
-    | 'giuliani-pima'  // root-third-fifth-octave (p-i-m-a)
-    | 'giuliani-pami'  // root-octave-fifth-third (p-a-m-i)
-    | 'giuliani-aim'   // root-octave-third (upper voices first)
-    | 'giuliani-pimamim'  // p-i-m-a-m-i (six-note rolling figure)
-    | 'giuliani-pmamim'   // p-m-a-m-i-m (asymmetric upper-voice figure)
-    | 'giuliani-peamama'; // p-e-a-m-a-m (wide bass + upper pairs)
+    | '1321'   // root-fifth-third-root
+    | '1325'   // root-fifth-third-octave
+    | '1535'   // root-octave-fifth-octave
+    | '12353'; // root-third-fifth-octave-fifth
 export type ArpeggioCoverage = 'one-octave' | 'two-octave';
 /** How the chord per bar is chosen in sequence mode. */
 export type ArpeggioProgression = 'random' | 'functional' | 'diatonic-cycle';
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ export interface ArpeggioConfig {
     readonly degree: ArpeggioDegree;
     readonly pattern: ArpeggioPattern;
     readonly coverage: ArpeggioCoverage;
-    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4; readonly denominator: 4 };
+    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4 | 6; readonly denominator: 4 };
     /** Sequence mode: bars > 1 with chord progression selection. */
     readonly bars?: number;
     readonly progression?: ArpeggioProgression;
@@ -60,13 +57,10 @@ export const ARPEGGIO_DEGREE_LABELS: Record<ArpeggioDegree, string> = {
 
 export const PATTERN_LABELS: Record<ArpeggioPattern, string> = {
     up: 'Up', down: 'Down', updown: 'Up & down', '1235': '1-2-3-5',
-    'giuliani-pim': 'Giuliani p-i-m',
-    'giuliani-pima': 'Giuliani p-i-m-a',
-    'giuliani-pami': 'Giuliani p-a-m-i',
-    'giuliani-aim': 'Giuliani a-i-m',
-    'giuliani-pimamim': 'Giuliani p-i-m-a-m-i',
-    'giuliani-pmamim': 'Giuliani p-m-a-m-i-m',
-    'giuliani-peamama': 'Giuliani p-e-a-m-a-m',
+    '1321': '1-3-2-1',
+    '1325': '1-3-2-5(8)',
+    '1535': '1-5-3-5(8)',
+    '12353': '1-2-3-5-3',
 };
 
 /**
@@ -76,21 +70,13 @@ export const PATTERN_LABELS: Record<ArpeggioPattern, string> = {
  * figure repeats with an ascending octave shift per repetition (the bass
  * stays in place — like the Maestoso studies).
  */
-const GIULIANI_FIGURES: Record<string, number[]> = {
-    // Studies 1–20 feel: bass + two upper voices, ascending
-    'giuliani-pim': [0, 1, 2],
-    // Studies 21–40 feel: bass + three upper voices
-    'giuliani-pima': [0, 1, 2, 3],
-    // Descending upper voices after the bass
-    'giuliani-pami': [0, 3, 2, 1],
-    // Upper voices first (a-i-m), bass anchored at start of each cycle
-    'giuliani-aim': [0, 3, 1],
-    // Six-note rolling figure (studies 61–80 territory)
-    'giuliani-pimamim': [0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1],
-    // Asymmetric: bass + upper triad roll
-    'giuliani-pmamim': [0, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2],
-    // Wide: bass, fifth, octave, then upper-voice pairs
-    'giuliani-peamama': [0, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1],
+// Broken-chord figures — NOTE sequences on the cycle [0=root, 1=third,
+// 2=fifth, 3=octave]; register ascends per repetition.
+const BROKEN_FIGURES: Record<string, number[]> = {
+    '1321': [0, 2, 1, 0],
+    '1325': [0, 2, 1, 3],
+    '1535': [0, 3, 2, 3],
+    '12353': [0, 1, 2, 3, 2],
 };
 
 /** pc of a spelled degree (step letter + alter). */
@@ -199,7 +185,7 @@ function buildPath(key: KeyContext, degreeIndex: number, pool: number[], coverag
             // figure selecting cycle positions per note; the octave wraps so
             // e.g. p-i-m over C-E-G becomes C E G | C' E' G' ... (ascending
             // octave register shift every figure repetition).
-            const figure = GIULIANI_FIGURES[pattern];
+            const figure = BROKEN_FIGURES[pattern];
             // 4-note cycle per octave: root, third, fifth, octave
             const cycleOct = (oct: number): number[] => [
                 base[0] + 12 * oct, base[1] + 12 * oct, base[2] + 12 * oct, base[0] + 12 * (oct + 1),

src/music/giulianiGenerator.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { generateGiulianiStudy } from './giulianiGenerator';
+import { scoreEvents, validateScore } from '../score/model';
+
+const strings = [40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64];
+const pool: number[] = [];
+for (const open of strings) for (let f = 0; f <= 12; f++) pool.push(open + f);
+
+const base = {
+    keyTonic: 'C',
+    keyMode: 'major' as const,
+    meter: { numerator: 4 as const, denominator: 4 as const },
+    tuningId: 'standard',
+    bars: 4,
+    chordSelection: [] as string[],
+    allowedStrings: [] as number[],
+};
+
+describe('generateGiulianiStudy', () => {
+    it('generates a 4-bar p-i-m-a study in C major', () => {
+        const r = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pima', seed: 5 }, pool);
+        expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (!r.ok) return;
+        const ev = scoreEvents(r.value);
+        expect(r.value.measures.length).toBe(4);
+        expect(ev.length).toBe(4 * 4 * 4); // bars × beats × figure length
+        expect(validateScore(r.value)).toEqual([]);
+        expect(r.value.title).toContain('Giuliani');
+    });
+
+    it('keeps figure notes on distinct strings per repetition (voicing rule)', () => {
+        const r = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pima', seed: 3 }, pool);
+        expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (!r.ok) return;
+        // For each repetition of 4 consecutive notes, all midis must differ
+        // (distinct cycle positions → distinct pitches within a beat figure)
+        const ev = scoreEvents(r.value);
+        for (let i = 0; i + 3 < ev.length; i += 4) {
+            const four = ev.slice(i, i + 4).map(e => e.pitch!.midi);
+            expect(new Set(four).size).toBe(4);
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('six-note figures work (pimamim)', () => {
+        const r = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pimamim', seed: 1 }, pool);
+        expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (!r.ok) return;
+        const ev = scoreEvents(r.value);
+        expect(ev.length).toBe(4 * 4 * 6);
+        expect(validateScore(r.value)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('is deterministic per seed', () => {
+        const a = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pim', seed: 9 }, pool);
+        const b = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pim', seed: 9 }, pool);
+        expect(JSON.stringify(a) === JSON.stringify(b)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('honors string restrictions (fails cleanly when impossible)', () => {
+        const r = generateGiulianiStudy({ ...base, pattern: 'pima', seed: 2, allowedStrings: [0] }, pool);
+        expect(r.ok).toBe(false); // 4 voices cannot live on one string
+    });
+});

src/music/giulianiGenerator.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/**
+ * Giuliani study generator (Phrase Mode material) — its own category
+ * because the figures require a REAL guitar voicing: the thumb takes the
+ * bass (root on a lower string) and i/m/a ride higher strings. A figure is
+ * only playable when each consecutive voice slot maps to a distinct string
+ * with a valid fret in the playable pool — arbitrary chord arpeggios cannot
+ * guarantee that.
+ *
+ * Voicing search: for a figure of voice-count V, pick a bass string (for
+ * the root) and V-1 higher strings; each note of the cycle is placed on its
+ * designated string at the fret matching the chord tone. Figure repeats
+ * over the chord; every bar re-voices (deterministically) so sequences work.
+ */
+import { PPQ, validateScore, type Result, type Score, type ScoreEvent, STEP_LETTERS, LETTER_PC, type StepLetter } from '../score/model';
+import { keyFor, type KeyContext, type ModeId } from './scales';
+import { TUNINGS, type Tuning } from '../music/Tunings';
+import { makeRng } from './melodyGenerator';
+
+export type GiulianiPattern =
+    | 'pim'    // Studies 1–20 feel: bass + two upper voices
+    | 'pima'   // Studies 21–40: bass + three upper voices
+    | 'pami'   // bass + descending upper voices
+    | 'aim'    // upper voices first
+    | 'pimamim'// six-note rolling
+    | 'pmamim';// asymmetric
+
+export const GIULIANI_PATTERN_LABELS: Record<GiulianiPattern, string> = {
+    pim: 'p-i-m (3 voices)',
+    pima: 'p-i-m-a (4 voices)',
+    pami: 'p-a-m-i',
+    aim: 'a-i-m',
+    pimamim: 'p-i-m-a-m-i',
+    pmamim: 'p-m-a-m-i-m',
+};
+
+/** Figure voice slots per repetition (indices into the cycle [root, third, fifth, octave]). */
+const FIGURES: Record<GiulianiPattern, number[]> = {
+    pim: [0, 1, 2],
+    pima: [0, 1, 2, 3],
+    pami: [0, 3, 2, 1],
+    aim: [0, 3, 1],
+    pimamim: [0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1],
+    pmamim: [0, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2],
+};
+
+export interface GiulianiConfig {
+    readonly keyTonic: string;
+    readonly keyMode: ModeId;
+    readonly pattern: GiulianiPattern;
+    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4 | 6; readonly denominator: 4 };
+    readonly tuningId: string;
+    /** Bars (one chord per bar). */
+    readonly bars: number;
+    /** Chord degrees allowed (empty = all 7). */
+    readonly chordSelection: readonly string[];
+    /** Seed for chord sequence + voicing choices. */
+    readonly seed: number;
+    /** Deterministic pattern from the practice filter (strings restriction). */
+    readonly allowedStrings: readonly number[];
+}
+
+const DEGREE_INDEX: Record<string, number> = { I: 0, ii: 1, iii: 2, IV: 3, V: 4, vi: 5, 'vii0': 6 };
+
+const degreePc = (d: { step: StepLetter; alter: number }): number =>
+    (LETTER_PC[STEP_LETTERS.indexOf(d.step)] + d.alter + 144) % 12;
+
+function chordNameFor(key: KeyContext, degreeIndex: number): string {
+    const d = key.degrees[degreeIndex];
+    const third = key.degrees[(degreeIndex + 2) % 7];
+    const fifth = key.degrees[(degreeIndex + 4) % 7];
+    const root = d.step + (d.alter < 0 ? 'b'.repeat(-d.alter) : '#'.repeat(d.alter));
+    const thirdInterval = (degreePc(third) - degreePc(d) + 12) % 12;
+    const fifthInterval = (degreePc(fifth) - degreePc(d) + 12) % 12;
+    let suffix = '';
+    if (thirdInterval === 3 && fifthInterval === 7) suffix = 'm';
+    else if (thirdInterval === 3 && fifthInterval === 6) suffix = 'dim';
+    return root + suffix;
+}
+
+interface ChordTone { readonly pc: number; readonly step: StepLetter; readonly alter: number }
+
+/** Diatonic triad pcs for a degree, spelled. */
+function triadPcs(key: KeyContext, degreeIndex: number): ChordTone[] {
+    return [0, 2, 4].map(o => key.degrees[(degreeIndex + o) % 7]).map(d => ({
+        pc: degreePc(d), step: d.step, alter: d.alter,
+    }));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Voice a figure bar: assign each cycle position (root/third/fifth/octave)
+ * to a string with a valid fret, bass string lowest. Returns per-slot
+ * {stringIndex, fret, midi} or null when impossible with the allowed strings.
+ */
+function voiceBar(
+    tuning: Tuning,
+    chord: ChordTone[],
+    pattern: GiulianiPattern,
+    allowedStrings: number[],
+): { stringIndex: number; fret: number; midi: number }[] | null {
+    const figure = FIGURES[pattern];
+    const maxVoice = Math.max(...figure) + 1; // e.g. 3 for p-i-m, 4 for p-i-m-a
+    const bassPc = chord[0].pc;
+
+    // Candidate strings sorted low→high for the bass; upper voices fill above.
+    const strings = tuning.strings.map((open, idx) => ({ open, idx }));
+    const sorted = [...strings].sort((a, b) => a.open - b.open);
+    const usable = sorted.filter(s => allowedStrings.length === 0 || allowedStrings.includes(s.idx));
+
+    const octavePcs = [...chord.map(c => c.pc), (chord[0].pc + 12) % 12];
+    // cyclePcs[i] = pitch class of cycle position i
+    const cyclePcs = octavePcs;
+
+    const bassCandidates = usable.filter(s => {
+        // bass must be able to reach the root within 12 frets
+        for (let fret = 0; fret <= 12; fret++) {
+            if (((s.open + fret) % 12 + 12) % 12 === bassPc) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    });
+
+    for (const bass of bassCandidates) {
+        // assign remaining voices to strings above the bass
+        const uppers = usable.filter(s => s.open > bass.open).slice(0, maxVoice - 1);
+        if (uppers.length < maxVoice - 1) continue;
+        // Voice slots: cycle positions 1..maxVoice-1 map to uppers in order
+        const slotStrings: ({ open: number; idx: number } | null)[] = [bass];
+        for (let v = 1; v < maxVoice; v++) slotStrings.push(uppers[v - 1]);
+
+        let ok = true;
+        const placement: { stringIndex: number; fret: number; midi: number }[] = [];
+        const usedFrets = new Set<string>();
+        for (let slot = 0; slot < maxVoice; slot++) {
+            const pc = cyclePcs[slot];
+            const s = slotStrings[slot];
+            if (!s) { ok = false; break; }
+            let found: number | null = null;
+            for (let fret = 0; fret <= 12; fret++) {
+                if ((((s.open + fret) % 12) + 12) % 12 === pc) { found = fret; break; }
+            }
+            if (found === null) { ok = false; break; }
+            const midi = s.open + found;
+            const key = `${slot}:${found}`;
+            if (usedFrets.has(key)) { ok = false; break; } // same string double-stop — not for these studies
+            usedFrets.add(key);
+            placement.push({ stringIndex: s.idx, fret: found, midi });
+        }
+        if (ok) return placement;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+export function generateGiulianiStudy(
+    config: GiulianiConfig,
+    eligiblePitches: number[],
+): Result<Score> {
+    const tuning = TUNINGS[config.tuningId];
+    if (!tuning) return { ok: false, error: 'No tuning available for Giuliani studies — pick a fretted instrument.' };
+    const key = keyFor(config.keyTonic, config.keyMode);
+
+    const poolSet = new Set(eligiblePitches.filter(m => Number.isInteger(m)));
+    if (poolSet.size === 0) return { ok: false, error: 'No playable notes in the selected range — widen the note set.' };
+
+    const rng = makeRng(config.seed);
+    const pick = <T,>(arr: T[]): T => arr[Math.floor(rng() * arr.length)];
+
+    // Chord sequence: random from selection (no immediate repeats)
+    const sel = (config.chordSelection ?? []).filter(d => d in DEGREE_INDEX);
+    const poolDegrees = (sel.length > 0 ? sel : Object.keys(DEGREE_INDEX)) as string[];
+    const degreeIndices: number[] = [];
+    for (let b = 0; b < config.bars; b++) {
+        const prev = degreeIndices[b - 1];
+        const candidates = poolDegrees
+            .map(d => DEGREE_INDEX[d])
+            .filter(di => di !== prev);
+        degreeIndices.push(pick(candidates.length > 0 ? candidates : poolDegrees.map(d => DEGREE_INDEX[d])));
+    }
+
+    // Voice each bar; drop bars that cannot be voiced (rare with full pool).
+    const full = config.meter.numerator * PPQ;
+    const events: ScoreEvent[] = [];
+    const chordSymbols: (string | null)[] = [];
+    const usableBars: { degreeIndex: number; placement: ReturnType<typeof voiceBar> }[] = [];
+    for (const di of degreeIndices) {
+        const chord = triadPcs(key, di);
+        const placement = voiceBar(tuning, chord, config.pattern, config.allowedStrings as number[]);
+        if (!placement) continue;
+        usableBars.push({ degreeIndex: di, placement });
+    }
+    if (usableBars.length === 0) {
+        return { ok: false, error: 'No bar could be voiced with the current string selection — allow more strings or a lower fret window.' };
+    }
+
+    // Rhythm: one note per slot (figure repeats); one figure per beat.
+    const figure = FIGURES[config.pattern];
+    // Each figure repetition occupies one beat; repetitions per bar = meter.numerator.
+    const notesPerBar = config.meter.numerator * figure.length;
+    const noteDur = full / notesPerBar;
+
+    let cursor = 0;
+    for (let b = 0; b < usableBars.length; b++) {
+        const { degreeIndex, placement } = usableBars[b];
+        if (!placement) continue;
+        chordSymbols.push(chordNameFor(key, degreeIndex));
+        for (let beat = 0; beat < config.meter.numerator; beat++) {
+            for (let f = 0; f < figure.length; f++) {
+                const slot = figure[f];
+                const note = placement[slot];
+                if (!note) continue;
+                // spelling via key degree of this pc
+                const pc = ((note.midi % 12) + 12) % 12;
+                const d = key.degrees.find(deg => degreePc(deg) === pc);
+                if (!d) continue;
+                const octave = (note.midi - pc) / 12 - 1;
+                events.push({
+                    id: `g${b}-${beat}-${f}`,
+                    startTick: cursor,
+                    durationTicks: noteDur,
+                    pitch: { midi: note.midi, step: d.step, alter: d.alter, octave },
+                });
+                cursor += noteDur;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const totalBars = usableBars.length;
+    const score: Score = {
+        version: 1,
+        id: `giuliani-${config.keyTonic}-${config.keyMode}-${config.pattern}-${config.bars}b-${config.seed}`,
+        title: `Giuliani study — ${key.tonic} ${config.pattern} (${totalBars} bars)`,
+        meter: config.meter,
+        key: { tonic: config.keyTonic, mode: config.keyMode, signature: key.signature },
+        measures: Array.from({ length: totalBars }, (_, i) => ({
+            number: i + 1,
+            startTick: i * full,
+            durationTicks: full,
+        })),
+        chordSymbols,
+        voices: [{ id: 'melody', events }],
+    };
+    const problems = validateScore(score);
+    if (problems.length > 0) return { ok: false, error: `Internal giuliani error: ${problems[0]}` };
+    return { ok: true, value: score };
+}

src/music/melodyGenerator.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export interface MelodyConfig {
     readonly keyMode: ModeId;
     /** 1..8 */
     readonly bars: number;
-    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4; readonly denominator: 4 };
+    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4 | 6; readonly denominator: 4 };
     /** 1 = Simple (quarters/halves/wholes), 2 = Mixed (+ paired eighths, dotted quarters),
      *  3 = Elaborate (+ sixteenths, sixteenth groups, dotted eighths). */
     readonly rhythmLevel: 1 | 2 | 3;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const TEMPLATES_3_L3: number[][] = [
     [120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 120, 480],
 ];
 
-function templatesFor(meter: { numerator: 3 | 4 }, level: 1 | 2 | 3): number[][] {
+function templatesFor(meter: { numerator: 3 | 4 | 6 }, level: 1 | 2 | 3): number[][] {
     const base = meter.numerator === 4
         ? (level === 1 ? TEMPLATES_4_L1 : level === 2 ? [...TEMPLATES_4_L1, ...TEMPLATES_4_L2] : [...TEMPLATES_4_L1, ...TEMPLATES_4_L2, ...TEMPLATES_4_L3])
         : (level === 1 ? TEMPLATES_3_L1 : level === 2 ? [...TEMPLATES_3_L1, ...TEMPLATES_3_L2] : [...TEMPLATES_3_L1, ...TEMPLATES_3_L2, ...TEMPLATES_3_L3]);

src/music/scaleDrills.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface DrillConfig {
     readonly keyMode: ModeId;
     readonly direction: DrillDirection;
     readonly coverage: DrillCoverage;
-    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4; readonly denominator: 4 };
+    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4 | 6; readonly denominator: 4 };
     /** Note duration: quarters (default) or eighths. */
     readonly rhythm?: DrillRhythm;
 }

src/score/model.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export interface Score {
     readonly version: 1;
     readonly id: string;
     readonly title: string;
-    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4; readonly denominator: 4 };
+    readonly meter: { readonly numerator: 3 | 4 | 6; readonly denominator: 4 };
     readonly key: ScoreKey;
     readonly measures: ScoreMeasure[];
     /** Exactly one voice in v1. */

src/types/SettingsTypes.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export interface RhythmSettings {
     volume: number;
 }
 
-export type PhraseMaterial = 'melody' | 'scale' | 'arpeggio' | 'library' | 'import';
+export type PhraseMaterial = 'melody' | 'scale' | 'arpeggio' | 'giuliani' | 'library' | 'import';
 export type PhrasePace = 'step' | 'tempo';
 
 export interface PhraseSettings {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export interface PhraseSettings {
     keyTonic: string;
     keyMode: string; // ModeId
     bars: number; // 1–8 (melodies)
-    meterNumerator: 3 | 4;
+    meterNumerator: 3 | 4 | 6;
     rhythmLevel: 1 | 2 | 3;
     scaleCoverage: 'one-octave' | 'two-octave' | 'position';
     scaleDirection: 'up' | 'down' | 'updown';
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ export interface PhraseSettings {
     arpeggioBars: number;
     arpeggioProgression: 'random' | 'functional' | 'diatonic-cycle';
     arpeggioRhythm: 'quarters' | 'eighths';
+    /** Giuliani study material (own category — voicing-enforced). */
+    giulianiPattern: 'pim' | 'pima' | 'pami' | 'aim' | 'pimamim' | 'pmamim';
+    giulianiBars: number;
     /** Phrase-local fret window (guitar/bass) — overrides the note set. */
     fretWindowEnabled: boolean;
     fretMin: number;
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_PHRASE_SETTINGS: PhraseSettings = {
     arpeggioBars: 1,
     arpeggioProgression: 'functional',
     arpeggioRhythm: 'quarters',
+    giulianiPattern: 'pima',
+    giulianiBars: 4,
     fretWindowEnabled: false,
     fretMin: 0,
     fretMax: 4,