MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round

A unique musical instrument.
An interactive music theory medium.
An amazing solmization machine.
A universal MIDI tool.
All in one: MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round unites and extends the possibilities of the apps Musk MIDI Keyboard, Musk MIDI Player, Musk Diatonic Modes and the SolFa Mode-Go-Round.
Therefore there are many creative and didactic use cases.
Play and grasp music!

Use cases:

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* Play on the diatonic or chromatic keyboard.

* Study or teach scales, church modes, and the circle of fifths.

* Discover improvising polyphonic canons.

* Learn Movable-Do and Fixed-Do solmization.

* Connect to your MIDI apps and devices or play with connected SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds.

* Load sounds and polyphonic pieces.

* Tune into your part.
Hear its solmization.

Touch instruments:

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* The app features a diatonically oriented spiral shaped keyboard with 7 keys per octave.
(Tone circle)

* With it you can easily play well sounding melodies and chords in major, minor or other church modes.

+ Besides it, there is a chromatic piano keyboard.
(iPhone: Landscape orientation, iPad: double tap piano-button)

Sounds:

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* Instrumental sounds: a General-MIDI sound font is pre-installed.
(See also Musk MIDI Keyboard for more options.)

* To study church modes and solmization, the syllables do re mi fa so la ti where recorded in 3 octaves.

+ Freely mix instrument and solmization sounds.
Listen to the solmization of the tenor, hear the bass as piano and the soprano as flute notes.

+ Choose a small choir (Erlebnisland) with warm sounds or synthetic Bruno, who really sings to the point.

Music theory:

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* The generalised touch circle of fifth gives access to 12 tonics und 7 modes.

* The touch instruments change according to the selected tonic and mode.

* There are 5 mathematical-musical base modulations.

* Interactive tutorials introduce you to the operation.

* Get a fine feeling for the character differences between the diatonic scales Major (Ionian), natural Minor (Aeolean) and the church modes Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian.

* Understand how they are interrelated.

+ Improvise up to five-part counterpoint canons note-by-note: You play the melody and the canon assistent shows how to proceed.

* You can also invent normal canons.
Just play in half notes.

+ You can change labels on the tone circle, e.g.
to test your or your students knowledge.

Solmization:

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* The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.

* They are shown on the tone circle and can be heared.

* Solmization methods: absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.

MIDI features:

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* With this app, you can send and receive MIDI notes and play back MIDI files.

* All features of Musk MIDI Keyboard and Musk MIDI Player are available.
(See Related Apps in the App Store)

+ Record tracks and export midi files.

+ During recording of notes, the related solmization syllables can be attached to the track as lyrics.
These can be shown by any MIDI-Karaoke player.

+ This app sends and receives configuration change commands.
You can keep all connected MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds in sync.

+ You can also add bass notes with an external notation app.
These will trigger tonic/mode changes.

Synchronization:

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+ Notes and configuration changes are transmitted via MIDI to connected devices and apps.

+ Using SharePlay you can play with friends over the Internet and play back midi files synchronously.

+ Nearby devices, e.g.
in the classroom, can synchronize their settings via OSC and OSC-Query.

See also:

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* SolFa Mode-Go-Round, Tonkreisel, Musk MIDI Player, Musk MIDI Keyboard.

* Features marked with * are available in other apps.

* Features marked with + are only available in this app.

Have fun and let the mode go round!

We love to hear feedback.,

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