Scale Practice: Any Instrument

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About this app

Practice musical scales with full notation and interactive playback

Welcome to the scale practice app for pianists, guitarists, violinists, violists, cellists, bassists, wind players and other musicians. Any scale, any instrument!

Choose a key, scale, clef, number of octaves and pitch. Instantly generate the full music notation. Then play along at your own speed while the current note is highlighted and the score automatically scrolls.

Use it for scale practice, music theory (using our interactive "Circle of Fifths"), sight-reading, ear training and preparing for music exams.

Custom scales for every instrument

✅ All key signatures
✅ Treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs
✅ Scales and arpeggios
✅ Dominant and diminished 7ths
✅ Chromatic
✅ Natural, harmonic and melodic minors
✅ Contrary motion (for piano)
✅ 1 to 3 octaves
✅ Covers grades 1 to 8 and beyond

Scale theory and ear training

✅ Interactive "Circle of Fifths" supports scale theory
✅ Explore how scales, keys, major & minor relate
✅ View the full musical notation
✅ Train your ear - listen to any scale being played

Full music notation with options

✅ Compliant sheet music for every scale
✅ Piano format option with treble and bass staves
✅ Even note or long tonic formats
✅ Add slurs
✅ Allow mixed clefs for long scales (e.g. bass -> tenor -> treble)
✅ Change start octave via simple double tap on the scale

Scale practice - play along

✅ Pitch selection option for playback (e.g. for Bb Clarinet)
✅ Play along with any scale
✅ Current note is highlighted
✅ Scale scrolls automatically
✅ Select from 3 standard scale playback speeds
✅ Adjust playback volume via the device
✅ Save any scale to a favourites list (e.g. for an exam grade)
✅ Get a random scale to practice from your favourites

Why Choose Our Scale Generator?

✅ A clean, intuitive musician-first interface
✅ Full music notation - no compromises
✅ Option to use Solfège notation
✅ Supports a vast number of instruments covering every clef
✅ e.g. scales for piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, flute, trumpet etc
✅ Scale formats follow common exam boards such as ABRSM
✅ Shortcuts for instant scale generation and octave switching
✅ Offline - practice anywhere
✅ Tiny footprint - we won't eat your memory
✅ Saved settings - we remember your preferences and your favourites
✅ Keeping it simple - ready to go out of the box
✅ Of course its free! No pop-ups.

Scales are a critical part of learning any instrument. They are the building blocks for navigating the instrument and reading music. This app supports your scale theory and practice journey all the way from grade 1 to grade 8 and beyond.

What’s new

Added support for Solfège notation and pitch selection for playback