Quinterval 4+
Circle of Fifths with Scales
Oliver Hahn
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Quinterval is an interactive circle of fifths including the display of the corresponding scales.
A key in the circle can be selected either by touching the tonic or by turning the slider in the middle. The circle displays both the respective major and parallel minor scales. The display ranges from F-flat major (D-flat minor) to G-sharp major (E-sharp minor). A second slider can be used to move the visible circle section accordingly.
The note names can be set between german, english or italian notation.
The lower area shows the related major scale with its key signature. The first step and the sixth step with the corresponding minor scale are highlighted. The notes can be displayed with G-Clef, C-Clef or F-Clef. The accidentals can also be displayed before the individual notes.
Additional functionality is available as an InApp purchase:
- Display the notes of the parallel minor scale
- Display triads with their chord names
- Playback notes by tapping on them
What’s New
Version 2.2
On the iPad in landscape mode, the top of the circle could have been cut off.
New icon for the settings.
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent for learning
The only suggestion I could make for improvement would be audio output from the wheel itself; this would then make it a great compositional aid, as well as a tuition guide.
Never the less, it’s good to see a 7yr old app still getting updated, despite the low number of reviews.
Reviews are subjective anyway, and the number of them usually points to a mix of praise with caveats, or outright “.....I’d happily pay £xxx for this if only it had ‘y’ (insert non constructive petty criticism here).
I usually get too engrossed in a good App to remember to review it, or give some positive feedback; the same would be true of this also but the developer deserves some recognition and credit for an excellent and very handy ‘necessity’ for aspiring musicians. Nice work. Thank you!
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your comment! I already had the sound output for the wheel (it played the tonic) but wasn't sure if it is annoying. I think I will add it together with the ability to turn it off.
Perfect Key Signature reminder app
Recommendation and praise to Oliver Hahn for this no-nonsense "Circle of fifths" app. Suitable for quick reference (and learning assistant) key signature reminder. Selecting the root note in the circle, will display the key signature with treble, bass & alto Clef options provided plus the scale along the stave.
Perfectly happy with this app at present time but future build suggestion - would recommend a sound generator/polyphonic keyboard to be able to play & hear the pitch of any note within the stave 😉
Fabulous tool
I have used this app for a long time. It’s always been my go to source for scale revision on the go. This current version helps me even more now it includes the minor scale notes and the triads. Well done sir!
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Information
- Provider
- Oliver Hahn
- Size
- 10.6 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Oliver Hahn
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Enhanced Version £0.99