Welcome to Any Scale: Theory and Practice

The only musical scales practice app you are ever going to need!

"Any Scale: Theory and Practice" is an Android app on Google Play Store (Any Scale: Theory and Practice) for generating musical scales in every key. You don't need us to tell you how important scale practice is when learning a musical instrument right? They are a vital element of music, forming the basis of harmony and melody, as embodied in the "Circle of Fifths". Now there is an app that lets you explore the theory and then the practice - whatever instrument you play. You tell us the scale, we create the musical notation and play it back at the speed you want to practice along to.

Custom scales for (almost) every instrument

Comprehensive scale coverage

Any key signature
Treble, bass and alto clefs
Scales and arpeggios
Dominant and diminished 7ths
Chromatic
Natural, harmonic and melodic minors
Contrary motion (for piano)

Scale theory and ear training

Interactive "Circle of Fifths" to build theoretical framework
Explore relationship between scales, keys and major/minor modes
View the notation for any scale with key signature, time signature etc
Train your ear - listen to any scale

Full music notation with options

... because learning scales is also about learning to read music

Compliant sheet music generated for every scale
Piano format with both 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 double clicking scale (left or right)

Scale practice - play along

Play along with any scale
Current note is highlighted
Scale scrolls automatically keeping current note in view
Select from 3 playback speeds (60, 100 or 144 BPM)
Adjust playback volume using device volume control

Why Choose Our Scale Generator?

A clean, musician-first interface with full music notation.
Offline Access: practice anywhere - no data required.
Tiny footprint: we won't eat your memory or your battery
Saved settings: we remember your last settings
Keeping it simple: no-one wants pages of set-up - ready to go out of the box
Oh, 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 practice journey all the way from grade 1 to grade 8 and beyond. We have big plans for expanding the app to further support scale practice...watch this space!

How to use it