What's New

• This version includes some playback improvements.

App Description

Scales are elementary to all musicianship. They provide flavor and harmonic structure, but are at the same time fairly complex. ScaleMaster is designed to help in several key areas concerning scales. It lists over 200 scale types in all keys and shows them in music notation. There are four different clefs available (treble, bass, alto and tenor).

To help visualization ScaleMaster offers five virtual instruments (banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin and piano). These instruments are fully playable and feature overlays that show scale degree or position of notes in the current scale. All instruments can be shifted into different positions and are a lot of fun just to play around with.

Scales are listed by name in a master list that also contains additional information like rating and type. The notation display is automatically updated with each new selection. Light text coloring as well as the scale type indicator help easily distinguishing between different types.

With ScaleMaster's chord matching feature an extensive list of chords can be matched to appropriate scales. Matches are displayed in the notation view with chord tones highlighted in red. On play the entire scale is played with the chord at the end. Chord matching comes in very handy when trying to determine which scales to use in improvisation and gives a number of alternatives to one's go-to scale choices.

Designed for the beginning musician as well as the professional, ScaleMaster has become a staple app for many musicians and is an excellent tool towards advancement in theory and scales in particular. It makes an easy task of looking up a scale in seconds, getting a taste of its flavor and finding out how to play it.

Features:
• intuitive interface
• 211 different scales
• 4 different scale views
• virtual banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin and piano instruments
• alto, bass, tenor and treble clefs
• adjustable positions for all instruments
• adjustable tuning for all string instruments
• fully supports landscape and portrait orientations
• lockable interface
• semitone indicators
• scale rating
• scale type indicator
• support for left-handed players
• chord/scale matching
• displays note names, scale index or degree
• adjustable playback directions
• high quality banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin and piano samples
• support for sound libraries
• global transposition for horn players
• presets for common banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin tunings
• support for 5 and 6 string bass

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iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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Apple Watch Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 25, 2011 New version 2.0.1
  • July 19, 2011 New version 2.0.2
  • August 06, 2011 New version 2.0.3
  • August 23, 2011 New version 2.1
  • September 05, 2011 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
  • September 06, 2011 Price increase: $6.99 -> $9.99
  • September 22, 2011 New version 2.2
  • September 29, 2011 New version 2.2.1
  • October 19, 2011 New version 2.2.4
  • February 02, 2012 New version 2.2.5
  • February 14, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
  • March 02, 2012 Price increase: $7.99 -> $9.99
  • March 28, 2012 New version 2.3.0
  • May 01, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
  • September 19, 2012 Price increase: $6.99 -> $9.99
  • November 10, 2012 New version 3.0.0
  • November 10, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • November 27, 2012 New version 3.0.2
  • December 02, 2012 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
  • December 03, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $7.99
  • December 13, 2012 New version 3.0.3
  • December 21, 2012 New version 3.0.4
  • January 05, 2013 New version 3.0.5
  • January 26, 2013 New version 3.0.6
  • February 22, 2013 New version 3.1.0
  • February 23, 2013 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
  • March 01, 2013 New version 3.1.1
  • April 11, 2013 New version 3.2.0
  • July 07, 2013 New version 3.2.1
  • July 14, 2013 New version 3.2.2
  • August 03, 2013 Price increase: $4.99 -> $5.99
  • August 04, 2013 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • August 10, 2013 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • September 04, 2013 Price increase: $3.99 -> $5.99
  • September 10, 2013 New version 3.2.3
  • September 18, 2013 New version 3.2.4
  • September 25, 2013 New version 3.2.5
  • October 03, 2013 New version 3.2.6
  • December 05, 2013 New version 3.2.7
  • June 19, 2014 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • October 15, 2014 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • December 01, 2014 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • December 05, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99
  • March 01, 2015 New version 3.5.0
  • December 10, 2015 New version 3.5.1
  • December 17, 2015 New version 3.5.2
  • December 19, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
  • January 16, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • February 01, 2016 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
  • June 30, 2016 New version 3.5.6
  • June 30, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • November 08, 2016 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • November 14, 2016 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99
  • November 16, 2016 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
  • December 02, 2016 Price increase: $2.99 -> $3.99
  • August 28, 2019 New version 3.5.7
  • August 28, 2019 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
  • September 11, 2019 Price increase: $2.99 -> $3.99