Scale-Master

Scales are central to music.
Intervals are central to scales.
Tuning intervals is a complex process that must constantly be refined by the musician.

Scale Master was designed by professional musicians and educators and developed by experienced software consultants and is a tool providing transparency to intonation deficiencies so that tuning is faster and more accurate.

Through the use of droning sounds across various intervals, Scale Master provides a means of practicing intonation.

Who can use Scale-Master?

- Musicians (Professional and Amateur) striving to further perfect their tuning ability

- Student Musicians just starting to come to grips with the challenges of Just Intonation within the ensemble

- Band, Orchestra and Choral Directors looking for a way to help their ensembles HEAR what In Tune is

- Music Theory, Music Appreciation and General Music teachers wanting to demonstrate scales, intervals, patterns and intonation

How it works:

Using Equal Tempered tuning, select a root pitch and octave, then select the scale interval above the root pitch and select Play.
The generated droning sound will be a real-time interval based on Just Intonation producing the greatest resonance.

There are a total of 780 droning renderings available for the first release.

Beyond simple drones, you can also select a scale mode to display.
The corresponding intervals will be high-lighted allowing easy, visual recognition of scale patterns.
Scales included are:

- Chromatic

- Major

- Natural Minor

- Harmonic Minor

- Blues

- Whole Tone

- Major Pentatonic

- Minor Pentatonic

There is also a scale Auto-Play function that will play the droning root and the corresponding scale interval in half notes at quarter=60bpm allowing the musician to work with tuning and harmonizing in real-time.

There are a total of 420 scale configurations available for the first release.

What Others are Saying:

`I think your app will be widely useful, better and more convenient than the typical tuner.
It also will be a good companion tool for users of my Breakfast Intonation practice booklet.
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David Schwartz

This new app looks wonderful to me, Gil!! A great teaching tool not only for trombonists but also for music theory and many more applications for musicians.
Great idea!!

Tom Senff - Trombone Professor and Trombonist with Stan Kenton Orchestra

WOW! I like this a great deal.
I teach AP Music theory.
I think this would be tremendously helpful with drilling intervals.

Rob Optiz - High School Band Director

When my students use this, they seem to adjust automatically in the correct direction.

Private Trombone Instructor,

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