- Price$1.99
- CategoryMusic
- First releasedApril 1, 2010
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
- SellerSmappsoft
- Bundle IDcom.smappsoft.ScalesModesForIPad
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Report an issueScales & Modes is an interactive visual and audio reference for the diatonic scales and modes that are fundamental in music theory. View major and minor modes on the musical staff, see fingerings for both keyboard and guitar, and listen to the scales note by note, in any key. Violin and bass guitar fingerings are also available as an in app purchase add on.
Diatonic musical scales and modes are one of the fundamental concepts of Western music theory. But the large number of scales makes learning and remembering them difficult. Scales & Modes is a handy mobile reference guide for viewing and listening to a large number scales and modes, including all the modes of the major, natural minor, and harmonic minor scales.
Select a root note and a scale to display the notes of the scale on the musical staff, and click “Play Scale” to listen. Select the Keyboard or Guitar tabs (or Violin and Bass after an in app purchase) to view fingering diagrams for the scale on those instruments, and press the info button to see more detail about constructing the scale.
Whether you are a professional or amateur musician, taking a music theory class, attending a jam session, or writing a symphony, Scales & Modes can help!
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 4 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2010 | 1.1.1 | — | 9 | $1.99 |
| July 13, 2011 | 1.4.1 | — | 57 | $1.99 |
| February 6, 2012 | — | — | 65 | $1.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25This is a nice app. I would offer two suggestions. First, it needs fingering. This is very important to get right when playing a scale and even experienced players are not certain of the fingering in the more obscure scales. This could easily be added in the info screen. Second, the notational scale is ascending only. I would like to see it have the option for ascending and descending, so that sight reading the staff matched the tones. If it had fingering I would rate it 5 stars.
Elegantly straight forward and useful reference tool. Simple to use and well behaved.
Simple app which makes you pay to try. iPad and iPhone versions separate so you have to pay twice. Not worth buying.
The app is exactly what's advertised. My only gripe is that it seems to become unresponsive; I often need to tap the Play button (to hear the scales) and especially the Info button multiple times. This would get another star if that didn't get so frustrating so quickly.
This app needs a five string bass mode pls
The app would get higher number of stars if fingering was included.
I was hours searching the web for a scale finder tool for violin, with no success. Found this by accident, as after I downloaded it, I discovered that for an add on purchase of 99c , it shows also the scales on the violin fingerboard or the bass (not mentioned by the developer). Great tool and pretty unique, although the sound emulation for the violin sounds rather like a muffled harmonium, but that does not really matter in the scheme of all things.
This is a very good app. Very informative. As a teacher I would love to recommend it to my students, but it needs one improvement. Please add the chord that each scale is commonly used over. This will be invaluable to students studying jazz improvisation. Thanks for the great app.
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