Tessitura Pro Scales

Encyclopedia, Practice Tool & Trainer for Every Scale and Mode

Scale Visualization • 12-Key Workouts • Backing Tracks • Pattern Builder • Upper Structures & more

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 – whether you’re shredding solos, composing film cues, or drilling odd-meter scales, Tessitura Pro is your sandbox.

Interactive Lessons

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
Scale over Circle of Fifths

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
  • Rotated the notes to see it in all keys
  • Rotated the graph to see all related modes
Upper Structures

Upper Structures

Practice scales as upper structures

  • Backing Track Accompaniments
  • Angular Lines
  • Explore new possiblities
Journey to Mastery

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
All Scales Catalog

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

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

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

Universal Encyclopedia of Scales (PDF)

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

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