Music Scales - music theory - SCALES - The ultimate Tool & Dictionary for every music scale

	Music Scales dictionary - SCALES new Version 4.25 - A Complete Dictionary & tool for every music scale in the equal tempered system. Visit FORUM SCALORUM!
for Windows platform only

Click a menu item for help!

Menu File

Show History... Ctrl-H	Show the History stack
Open saved settings	Put a STX Scale set on the stack, either your own or ALL_ICODES.STX CHORDS.STX EXOTIC. STX JAZZ.STX STANDARDS.STX (comes with your software download)
Save Settings	Save current stack on your own STX file
Print...	Hardcopy print important values about the current scale
Exit	Exit the SCALES program

Menu Edit

Menu Playing Style

Click a menu item for help!


Random Play.	Play all notes randomly. In high speed this is useful for an aurial feel of a scale's modus


Paus/rep... In TONEROW mode playing always start from the left.
Reset current values	If you have experimented too much, you might want to start from your scratch before you make any permanent changes
Set default values	Force the combination shown in the figure
Save settings	Save your settings in the registry
OK - Save and Exit	As the caption says - save your settings and exit back to the SCALES program
Repeat	Playing will repeat until manually stopped
Auto change direction	Scale play up and turn back down or vice versa
Start direction down	Begin playing from the top and play downwards
Long ending tone	When not automatically repeated you can have the scale end with a longer, more beautiful :-), note
Pause up	When repeated, playing make a short silence before turning direction down
Pause down	When repeated, playing make a short silence before turning to direction up

Instrument. Choose a musical instrument as the sound of the playing scale.

These instrument sounds are no more than your sound equipment can produce. The main purpose of SCALES is to manage SCALES, not make beautiful sounds...

You can play while changing sound without leaving the menu.

Menu Standard Scales

The Melodic minor is special - this scale have different ascending and descending parts. In SCALES only the ascending part is displayed, but the descending part is played correctly.

Use the Chromatic scale when you want to create a 12-tone series.

Menu Options

Settings...	These are the default values. History Stack Size - enter a value 1 - 99 or scroll throught available sizes Use the button to set these default values. TOGGLE COLORS button will repeatedly walk through available color sets Click the small marking square and OK to change options. All settings will be saved in the windows registry.
Language/Språk...	Choose English (default) or Swedish
Select MIDI Unit	Choose a MIDI unit in your system that make you hear the sounds of the playing scales.

Menu Help


SCALES Help...	Standard Windows Help System
Recorded DEMO...	This will play a few examples of how to use the SCALES program
About SCALES...	Show current Version a.o.

Download software SCALES63.ZIP ~4,17 Mb

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ROTATING A COMMON SCALE OBJECT: LYDIAN - MIXOLYDIAN - LYDIAN IN THE COMMON DIATONIC MAJOR SCALE

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