Musk Diatonic Modes

  • Musk Diatonic Modes
  • Musk Diatonic Modes

Detailed App Info:

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  • Current Version:Version: 1.0
  • Device Type:Device: iOS Universal
  • Category:Category: Music
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  • Download Size:App Size: 3.61 MB

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Musk Diatonic Modes: Your reference for major/minor and church modes .

* Choose tonic and mode
* The keyboard shows you allowed tones using colors
* Select a color and number scheme: Modal position, base note or scale degree
* Play keys and let the app speak the tone numbers (requires the iOS 7 voices)
* Let the scale be played. The keyboard displays the notes.

Choose tonic and mode:
* There are 12 tonics and 7 modes (the church modes, including major and minor)
* So there are 84 configurations in total.
* Tonic and mode can be freely selected using the selection wheel.
* You can easily jump to scale-related configurations. See below.
* Scale and tonic can also be selected via keyboard.

Configuration changes using sharp and flat:
* 1: Stepping in sharp- or flat-direction. All configurations are accessible. In each case, first the modes change, then the root.
* 7: Stepping in sharp- or flat-direction. Only the tonic changes.
* 12: The scale remains constant. The tonic moves to the next note in the scale. The mode changes accordingly.
* 48: As 12, however, the tonic advances in the circle of fifths.
* 49: As 7, however, the tonic advances in the circle of fifths.

Configuration changes using a keyboard:
* Scale choice: Play the root note of the related major scale in octave C1-B1
* Or play the 7 scale tones in the upper octaves.
* Tonic: Play the tonic note of the previously selected scale in octave C0-B0
* The mode follows.

Naming of the tonic/mode configurations:
* The app supports four different naming styles, that make it easy to translate between the different styles.
* In the first two interpretations, you define a combination of ambit and mode.
* The last two interpretations are Major/Minor centric: You set a major or minor scale and choose the tonic within that scale.
* Mode: Church mode oriented. The configuration is defined by a Finalis (= Ambit = lowest note on the playground) and the name of a church mode (Ionian, Dorian, ...).
* Alteration: Similar to 'Mode', with major/minor oriented mode spelling. The configuration is defined by a lowest note Ambit and an intervall pattern. If possible, the pattern is described as the closest alteration of either the major or minor scale starting from the ambit note.
* Major: Major scale oriented. The configuration is defined by a major scale and the tonic within that scale. (See Configuration changes using a keyboard.)
* Minor: Minor scale oriented. The configuration is defined by a minor scale and the tonic within that scale.

Sounds:
* A vibraphone sound to hear the pitch
* Voice output for tone numbers

References :
* This app is related to other Musk apps. See the support web page.
* This app is related to the MIDI-SolFa Mode-Go-Round app, that is based on Thomas Noll Tonkreisel - exhibit.
* Take a look at the documentation, background information and tutorials on the Musk-website or on the SolFa Mode-Go-Round website!

Have fun!

Requirements

Your mobile device must have at least 3.61 MB of space to download and install Musk Diatonic Modes app. Musk Diatonic Modes is available on iTunes for $0.99

If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Dr. Garbers Softwareentwicklung Joerg Garbers at https://sites.google.com/site/muskapps/.

Copyright © Joerg Garbers