Tessitura Pro

Explore. Practice. Create.

Key Features

Scale Companion – Explanation, Practice & Use Cases

Instantly hear any scale, study its mode family, symmetry, and intervals, then follow targeted tips.

Journey To Mastery

A step-by-step workout path that tracks your progress from beginner drills to advanced applications.

Backing-Tracks Player

Practice every idea with built-in accompaniment.

Extensive Library of Pre-loaded Exercises

Hundreds of workouts ready to play.

Chord-Scale Pairing

Pick any chord, add approach tones, and loop through all 12 keys for instant bebop bite.

Custom Pattern & Rhythm Generator

Mix exotic scales with step-skip patterns and rhythms to shape new riffs.

Pattern Randomizer

Mash up scales, step-skips, rhythms, grooves, and time signatures at random to spark unexpected lines.

Scale Painter

Draw any shape inside the Circle of Fifths and Tessitura finds the matching scale set.

MIDI Pattern Capture

Play a short fragment; Tessitura builds a full-range workout across the entire scale.

Odd-Meter Groove Practice

Shed scales in 5/4, 7/8, or 12/8 and master complex time feels.

Upper-Structure Explorer

Stack triads over complex chords and hear tensions in context.

Teacher Tools

Create original workouts and print beautifully formatted sheet music in one click.

Instrument-Aware Workouts

Choose your instrument and Tessitura tailors every exercise to your range and transposition.

Creative Playground

A sandbox for improvisation, composition, and serious practice.

Guided Lessons Inside Tessitura

Chick Corea Complete Workout

Mozart Complete Workout

Master Any Line In All 12 Keys

Bergonzi's Pentatonics

Beethoven Complete Workout

Symmetric Scales

Mastering The Blues Scale

The Bebop Scale Workout

Lydian b7 - Altered

Modes of Major

Jordan Rudess Workout

Tessitura Pro Scales Workout Videos

Pentatonics Workout 1

Pentatonics Workout 2

Pentatonics Workout 6

Blues Workout 1

Blues Workout 3

Blues Workout 8

Lessons Inside Tessitura

Track your progress while mastering each concept

Curated Topics by Scale
Video Tutorials & Practice Drills
Theory Meets Real-World Application
Ever-growing catalog of lessons to explore

Visualize Scales on the Circle of Fifths

See every mode as a simple rotation of the same graph, plus symmetry, transpositions, and related chords—all at a glance.

Instant mode switching
Color-coded chord-tones vs. tensions
Drag & drop upper structures
Rotate the notes to see it in all keys
Rotate the graph to see all related modes

Upper Structures

Practice scales as upper structures

Backing Track Accompaniments
Angular Lines
Explore new possibilities

Journey To Mastery

Tessitura builds a complete workout path—from slow fundamentals to blazing practice tempos—and tracks your progress.

Auto-adjusts to your instrument’s range
Progress bar per scale
Printable exercises for offline study
Auto tempo increase and backing tracks to practice like never before

Comprehensive Scales Catalog

Browse every one of the 2,048 scales in the 12-tone system, fully organized and visually annotated for instant musical insight.

2,048 total scales derived from 12-tone equal temperament
Sorted by mode count (from trichords up to 12-tone)
Symmetry & hexatonic visualization
Hexatonic, pentatonic & source scale filters

Pattern Randomizer

Click once to blend a fresh scale, step-skip pattern, rhythm, groove, and time signature—instant practice inspiration.

Infinite possible combos
Loop through all 12 keys automatically
Save & print standout lines

About Tessitura Pro

Tessitura Pro graphs scales over the Circle of Fifths so you can visualize modal relationships, symmetry, transpositions, and more. Explore, practice, and master every scale with tools that turn theory into music you can hear —and feel—right away.

Demo Lesson Inside Tessitura Pro

An ever growing library of video lessons to study and exercises to practice

Video Tutorials macOS

The Power Of The Circle Of Fifths

Video Tutorials iOS

Tessitura Pro Scales

Getting Started

The Circle Of Fifths Panel

Exercise Panel

How Musicians Use Tessitura Pro

User Type	Typical Use-Cases	Most Helpful Features	Key Benefit
Jazz Players	Craft modern chord-scale lines with approach tones Shed scales in odd meters & generate hemiolas Spin Pattern Randomizer for new colors Jam along to backing tracks	Pattern Randomizer, Chord-Scale Pairing, Odd-Meter Groove Practice, Backing-Tracks	Endless fresh solo ideas & sharper time feel
Composers / Arrangers	Scout rare scales for unique palettes Trigger Pattern Randomizer for novel motifs Explore hemiolas & related modes Capture ideas via MIDI Pattern Capture	Pattern Randomizer, Scale Painter, Custom Pattern & Rhythm Generator, MIDI Capture	Rapid melodic / rhythmic experimentation without breaking flow
Music Teachers	Design progressive workouts Print high-quality sheet music in one click Track student progress on scales Demonstrate scale properties live	Teacher Tools, Journey To Mastery, Pre-loaded Exercises, Scale Companion	Engaging lessons & data-driven feedback with minimal prep
Music Students	Follow guided paths to master new scales Practice with accompaniment at home Experiment with odd-meter grooves & patterns Tailor workouts to their instrument	Journey To Mastery, Backing-Tracks Player, Pattern & Rhythm Generator, Instrument-Aware Workouts	Structured learning that adapts to skill & instrument

Universal Encyclopedia of Scales (PDF)

Works on any device · No installation · Every scale in music.

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