Guide

Welcome to MusicScales.net, a tool designed to help you dive into the fundamentals of music theory.

MusicScales

1. Instrument view:

Guitar/Piano: Toggles between guitar and piano views.

Tones/intervals: Toggles between the instrument view showing tones or intervals.

Right/left: Toggles between right- and left-handed guitar.


2. Audio control:

MUTE: Toggles global mute. This mutes the drone and the metronome.

Randomize L/R: Randomizes the left and right audio channels for the drone.

Center Audio: Centers the audio output.


3. Key/scale setter and color palette:

Drop down menus: Set the root, key/scale, and color palette.

Semitones: Toggles colors on and off in the scale view.

Clear: Clears all the selected tones.


4. Metronome:

BPM: Current BPM.

- / +: Decreases/increases BPM.

On/off: Starts/stops the metronome.

Tap: Sets the metronome tempo by tapping.

Drop down menus: Set what sound is played for the metronome and the number of beats.

Beat: Sets the metronome beat pattern (ABAB, ABBB etc).


5. Scale view:

Tone: Toggles the tone on and off. If toggled on, the tone will be shown on the instrument view and be played on the drone if not muted.

Three dots: Set what octaves are played on the drone.

M: Mutes the tone from the drone if the tone is active.

Scale name: Toggles all the tones in the scale.

Have fun!