ScaleMate - Visualize Harmony for iPhone

ScaleMate - Visualize Harmony

ScaleMate is the master scale tool for musicians and educators. It allows you to visualize scales in ways that make their important qualities stand out.

With ScaleMate, you can not only reference and play any scale you wish, but also deepen your understanding of scales and harmony. The app teaches you to visualize scales in ways that match their sound, helping you hear and comprehend them on a deeper level.

One of the standout features of ScaleMate is its ability to provide a single image for all the modes of the major scale. It also highlights the unique order of the modes, which jump between major, minor, and dominant. The app showcases the Altered Scale as the "darkest" and most minor-sounding dominant scale, while the Lydian Dominant Scale is the "brightest" of them all. Additionally, ScaleMate reveals that the minor pentatonic scale is a mode of the major pentatonic scale, and it explores other useful pentatonic modes.

ScaleMate presents scales in a way that makes these observations natural and immediate. It offers linear and circle of fifths visualizations for melodic and harmonic understanding, respectively. The app includes a full library of scales, extensive information pages on over 40 important scales, and built-in help for immediate use.

Perfect for both musicians and educators, ScaleMate can be used for teaching purposes. It allows you to project on a screen or share over platforms like Zoom, with animations that demonstrate how one scale transforms into another. The app also features automatic scale recognition, animated visual comparisons between scales, smart spelling notation, and note roles displayed in numbers or solfege.

Whether you're a beginner or an expert, ScaleMate is a comprehensive tool that enhances your understanding of scales and harmony. Developed by Anton Schwartz, an award-winning saxophonist, composer, and educator, ScaleMate is a reliable and educational resource for musicians of all levels.