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Like jamming in a Hexatonic Blues scale? How about riffing out in a minor Pentatonic scale?  No idea what I’m even talking about? There’s an App to explain that, and it’s called ‘Scale Tapper’. This handy app has been around for a while now, and the updates have continued to flow since last year. This latest update offers a host of new and improved features including a Pitch Wizard for finding out the what chord certain combination of notes are. There’s also new, interactive tablature and notation, and plenty more. Here’s a rundown on the app from the developer -

Musicians Rejoice! Scale Tapper 2.0 has arrived! What do you need in a music app? Scale Tapper has it all!

Five reasons you need to get Scale Tapper now:

⒈ Music theory, scales, chords, and now Stave Notation

New in 2.0 is the Musical staff. No matter if you are learning Bass Clef or Treble Clef, or both! With the Grand Staff layout you select the Octaves and Clefs you want to visualize. Listen to the built-in chords and scales or go all out and create your own configurations with Pitch Constellations.

⒉ Pitch Wizard – aka Pitch Constellation Search

What chord is B-D-F♯-A? If you had Scale Tapper just tap the Search button, and voila! That’s the B Minor 7th Chord! With the Pitch Constellation search function Scale Tapper becomes a powerful tool for every true musician.

⒊ Built-in Tablatures!

Also new in 2.0. The built-in tablatures automatically adapt to your tuning and playing style. Playing a 5-string Drop-D bass? Automatically locate scales and chords on the bass tab. Ukulele tabs, guitar tabs, you name it. It’s all possible with Scale Tapper no matter how many strings you play or how creative your tuning.

⒋ Become any stringed instrument you desire

Whether you play a Balalaika or a 12-string Guitar or anything in between with Scale Tapper you have the power to tune and create your very own string instrument. New in 2.0 is the option for 11-string instruments. Yes Oud and Alto Guitar players rejoice! You can now custom tune your fretboards with Scale Tapper.

⒌ Jam out on the Interactive Fretboard

You’ve visualized your scales and chords with the Pitch Constellations, you’ve listened note by note forwards and backwards on the built-in music staff, you’ve invented some new chord fingerings on the tablature, now Jam out on the Interactive Fretboard!

Scale Tapper is here. Revolutionize music!

Scales and chords are the basis of all songs known to man. Become a 3-string balalaika hero, build a 12-string bass guitar, amaze us all with revolutionary new chord progressions.

Scale Tapper 2.0 has many other features:

✔ String Support – On the iPhone/iPod Touch instrument mode supports 3,4,5 or 6 strings. The iPad supports these in addition to 7,8,9,10,11, or 12 strings.

✔ Double-Tap to Transpose – Transpose any scale or chord by double-tapping the tonic note on the Pitch Constellation.

✔ Themes – Trick out your Scale Tapper with the new Darkness Theme now available in addition to the Blue, Pink, Bamboo, and Classic Themes.

✔ Landscape/Portrait Mode – The iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad all support both Landscape and Portrait modes.

✔ Built-in Scales. Looking for a mystic sound? Try a Phrygian church mode. Or jam out with a Hexatonic Blues scale. With Pitch Constellations you can learn and discover new interactions between the scales themselves.

✔ Predefined Chords. Major and Minor Triads, Diminished and Augmented 7th chords, they’re all here. Visualize and listen to the Chords in Stave Notation or play along on the interactive fretboard. Change the root on the fly and try playing it back in different octaves.

✔ Full flat and sharp support. Instantly convert between sharp notes (♯) and flat notes (♭). Whether working with a Major or Minor scale or a diatonic chord you’ll never again forget the ordering of flats and sharps.

Tips

• The predefined scales and chords can only be transposed and key changed. Refresh the scale and it will return to the default key of C.

• Create your own scales by tapping the “+” button. Add scales and chords to your favorites by tapping the “♡” button.

Whether you are learning music theory or are an experienced professional, you can get your groove on much faster with the new Scale Tapper.

What’s New in Version 2.0

Pitch Wizard – Instantly search for scales and chords by notes.
Stave Control – Musical staff and tabulature that adapts to your instrument’s number of strings and tuning.
See the updated full description for complete details.

Scale Tapper
Developer: Difint, LLC

Rated: 4+

Price: $3.99 Download Here