Fantastic Scales

The Periodic Table of Scales

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Explore all 2,036 scales, find sounds by character, see each scale’s Character Spectrum, and hear real music transform as you move through the scale universe. Find a scale by feeling—then hear what it does to real music. Fantastic Scales maps all 2,036 scales of three or more notes into a universe you can see, hear, and explore. Of 2,048 tonic-rooted pitch collections, the 12 collections with fewer than three notes are intentionally omitted. Search for something bright, dark, peaceful, mysterious, tense, epic, and more. Browse by family and structure. Open any Scale Portrait to see what makes it distinctive. See each scale’s Character Spectrum. Then hear the scale transform an included song—or bring in a MIDI idea of your own. FIND THE SOUND BEFORE YOU KNOW ITS NAME Search by Character to discover scales that feel bright, dark, peaceful, mysterious, epic, and more. Or explore the underlying Sound Properties: • Brightness • Tension • Activity • Roughness • Major Affinity • Minor Affinity Fantastic Scales ranks matching scales so you can move from a feeling to sounds you might never have found by name alone. SEE EACH SCALE’S CHARACTER SPECTRUM Every scale has a color spectrum showing how strongly it expresses eight Characters: Mysterious, Sad, Peaceful, Floating, Joyful, Epic, Restless, and Dramatic. Like an emission spectrum, each Character keeps a fixed position while its intensity changes. The result is a second visual fingerprint for comparing scales. THE PERIODIC TABLE OF SCALES The scale universe is organized into families of related modes. Explore three levels: • Core — familiar and essential scale families • Expanded — a broader world of musically significant scales • Complete — all 2,036 scales Browse one source scale from each family or reveal every distinct mode. Organization by mode count makes symmetry visible. EVERY SCALE HAS A PORTRAIT Each Scale Portrait combines structural properties into one visual identity: note count, distinct modes and transpositions, pitch structure, scale path, symmetry, fifths structure, source-family relationships, bi-triadic components, and interval fingerprint. Open Reading This Scale Portrait to learn what each element means. EXPLORE BY STRUCTURE Full Access adds advanced filters and sorting by note count, mode count, symmetry, fifths structure, complete fifth arcs, and bi-triadic hexatonics. HEAR WHAT THE SCALE CHANGES Choose a scale and hear it transform an included Play-Along song. Move between scales while the same musical idea continues playing and hear its character change—brighter, darker, calmer, stranger, more tense, or unexpected. BRING YOUR OWN MIDI IDEA Import a MIDI idea and explore how it changes through different scales. The free version includes two successful MIDI imports. Export your transformed MIDI and continue working in your preferred music software. Full Access removes the import limit and adds transposition into any key. FREE TO EXPLORE The free experience includes: • Browse and audition all 2,036 scales • Explore Core, Expanded, and Complete • Explore families and related modes • View every Scale Portrait and Character Spectrum • Search with every Sound Property • Try a selection of Character searches • Transform an included Play-Along song • Two successful MIDI imports • Export transformed MIDI Full Access is a one-time lifetime purchase. It unlocks: • The complete Character vocabulary • Advanced structural filters and sorting • Additional included Play-Along songs • Unlimited MIDI importing • Transposition into any key One purchase. No subscription. FANTASTIC SCALES + TESSITURA PRO SCALES Both apps share a deep foundation of scale knowledge, but serve different musical goals. Fantastic Scales is for discovery, comparison, composition, and creative transformation. Tessitura Pro Scales is for structured practice, all-key fluency, and instrumental mastery. Discover it in Fantastic Scales. Master it in Tessitura Pro Scales. What could your music become? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mdecks.com/privacypolicy.phtml

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    Seller
    MDECKS MUSIC, LLC
    Size
    118.7 MB
    Category
    Music
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 mDecks Music, LLC
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