Scale Master 2.02.3 - App Store

Train your ears. Strengthen your intonation. Play with greater confidence.

Scale Master helps musicians develop a more reliable sense of pitch by turning intonation into something you can clearly hear, feel, and practice. Whether you sing, play a wind or string instrument, rehearse an ensemble, or teach music, Scale Master provides a steady tonal reference that makes focused listening easier.

Practice with a sustained root and justly tuned interval to hear when two notes truly resonate. As your pitch settles into place, beating is reduced and the sound becomes clearer-helping you learn the sensation of playing in tune, not merely watching a tuner.

Switch to scale practice to build dependable pitch placement across keys. Hear each scale ascend and descend while following its pattern on screen, then work at your own pace with adjustable tempo, note length, repetition, and metronome support.

Scale Master can help you:

. Recognize and correct intonation more quickly
. Hear the resonance of well-tuned intervals
. Develop stronger interval and scale awareness
. Improve ensemble balance and harmonic listening
. Practice confidently with a stable tonal center
. Demonstrate pitch relationships clearly to students

Choose your concert root, octave, transposing instrument, enharmonic spelling, and pitch calibration to create a practice environment that fits your music. Use Scale mode for consistent equal-tempered pitch placement, or Drone mode to explore the resonance of just intonation.

Included scales cover essential material such as major, natural minor, harmonic minor, blues, whole tone, chromatic, and pentatonic scales. An optional Jazz Modes upgrade adds Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian modes.

Designed by a professional musician and educator, Scale Master is a practical ear-training companion for students, teachers, ensemble directors, and experienced performers who want to hear more deeply-and play more beautifully in tune.

Version History Included in this release:

- Critical increase in drone volume
- Bug fix for subsequent scale count off 2.3 20h ago Count in on scale mode corrected
Minor bug fixes 2.2 1d ago - Swipe up/down to move chromatically
- Added graphics for note type selection
- Added initial Tour to learn the app 2.1 Sep 27 Re-written from the ground up, better drone tone quality, sleeker design and now maintainable going forward for future enhancements. 2.0 Sep 24 Minor internal tweaks...more coming soon. 1.81 09/20/2016 Audio adjustments to account for harsh note to note transitions.

Internal: Conversion to Swift development language. 1.8 01/05/2016 Note: Starting with this release, only supporting iOS 7 and above.

1. Tuning altered so that:
- Drones use Just-Intonation
- Scales use Equal-Tempered intonation.

2. Redesigned interface for Auto-Play and Drone selections.

3. Select Drone Mode to play tuning intervals.

4. Select Scale Mode to auto-play scales. In Scale Mode:
- Swipe up to reveal the full scale mode settings screen
- Play using half, quarter or eight note values.
- Select to progress through scales by moving up or down by major or minor 2nds
- Repeat scale 1-5 times, or infinitely.
- Change to Jazz Modes directly from the primary scale settings screen. 1.7 06/06/2014 This is a BUG FIX for issues arising with the new In-App purchase for Jazz Modes. If you had a problem, hopefully you were able to resolve it by re-installing the app. This bug fix corrects the underlying issue.

Thanks...and more is coming soon... 1.6 08/27/2013 -------------------------
NOTE: There is a bug in the Jazz-Modes upgrade. If your app fails to run after purchasing Jazz Modes, delete and re-installing the Scale-Master app will resolve your issue.
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Enabling jazz modes purchase.

Previous release put the pieces in place for purchasing Jazz Modes, now it's time to turn them on. 1.5 08/23/2013 Adding In-App purchase capability for the following Jazz Modes:

1. Ionian
2. Dorian
3. Phrygian
4. Lydian
5. Mixolydian
6. Aeolian
7. Locrian

NOTE: Be sure you have at least iOS 6.0 before performing this update! 1.4 08/14/2013 Added low octave when using in Drone mode. This provides a more distinct overtone series allowing the pitch center to be even more pronounced.

Shout-Out to Jeff at AU. Great weekend at the brass clinic. Already looking forward to next year. 1.3 08/10/2012 Now Trumpets, Clarinets, all the Saxophones and Horn in F players can take advantage of the Scale Master Droning app. We've added the ability to transpose the root pitches, intervals and scales for instruments pitched in:

C - Most of the low brass, flutes, bassoon, oboe, violin, viola, cello and bass

Bb - Trumpet and Baritone in Bb, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

D - For all you D Trumpet players out there

Eb - Alto and Baritone Saxophone

F - Horns (we won't call you 'French Horns')

If you are a String player who has likes tools similar to the cello drone CD, you are going to love this App.

Pass this along and tell your friers and colleagues! 1.2 06/15/2012 Significant Improvements with more on the way!

New in this release:

1. Pitch Calibration - Because of many requests for A-442, you can now use the new Settings screen, to adjust pitch calibration up to a full half-step away from A-440.

2. Two-Finger Swipe - Modify the root pitch up or down by just a swipe of the screen. Makes it easy to move up and down chromatically without having to take attention away from the ensemble.

3. Chromatic Scale added.

4. Auto-Play can now be set from the Setting Screen to play half notes, quarter notes or eighth notes.

5. Three modes for interval display. From the Settings screen you can now select to see:
- All intervals with scale tones high-lighted
- Only see the scale tone intervals
- See the intervals as "note names" rather than interval

6. Three modes for enharmonic renderings. From the Settings screen you can now select to see:
- Flats
- Sharps
- Flats and Sharps

7. Minor bug fixes

These enhancements were the direct result of input from users. Keep sending us your suggestions and share this app with friends, colleagues and students. 1.1 05/03/2012 1.0 02/20/2012