Jazz ScaleHelper4.3.0

Choose an exercise: see the notes and hear them played
Play the exercise: get a score, see the notes you played and listen to your performance

Jazz ScaleHelper is the fast way to improve your playing. With actual feedback based on what you played, Jazz ScaleHelper enables you to concentrate on the aspects of your playing that will help the most.

Jazz ScaleHelper has 3 modes:

1. Play any scale: Jazz ScaleHelper determines the exercise you have played and scores your performance. Ideal for impromptu practise sessions.

2. Choose a scale: Choose the exercise you want to play and Jazz ScaleHelper listens and gives you a score. Ideal to improve a specific musical exercise.

3. Challenge me: Jazz ScaleHelper will ask you to play exercises from your challenge list that is based on your chosen syllabus. Jazz ScaleHelper will identify what you need to practise and make sure you get exam ready while having fun on the way. Ideal for practising a range of exercises.

Jazz ScaleHelper contains everything you need for the instruments covered by the Jazz syllabuses from Trinity Guildhall and ABRSM examining boards. Jazz ScaleHelper will be there for you every step of the way as you grow as a musician.

Jazz ScaleHelper allows you to create your own syllabus from the exercises it supports: major scales; dorian modes; lydian modes; lydian flat 7 modes; mixolydian modes; melodic minor scales; jazz melodic minor scales; harmonic minor scales; pentatonic major scales; pentatonic minor scales; blues scales; diminished scales; chromatic scales; whole-tone scales; phrygian modes; locrian modes; altered modes; aeolian modes; major arpeggios; minor arpeggios; augmented arpeggios; major sevenths; minor sevenths; diminished sevenths; half-diminished sevenths; major/minor sevenths; and minor/major sevenths. All exercises are available starting from every tonic over 1 octave, 1 twelfth, 2 octaves, 2.5 octaves and 3 octaves. There is a range of exercise lists for popular music exams available for download. (Jazz ScaleHelper Lite only supports major scales, blues scales and major arpeggios over 1 octave)

Instruments supported include Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Bassoon, Recorder, Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone and Horn. A full list is available at www.jazz.ScaleHelper.com along with details of the rich feature set Jazz ScaleHelper has to offer.

At less than the price of a single music lesson the guidance that Jazz ScaleHelper provides between your lessons builds on that teaching. You can dispense with the need to review scales by playing them in your lessons and instead reuse the time you gain to learn technique and perfect your pieces.

Jazz ScaleHelper supports multiple users, keeping each user's history for each of their instruments. You can save recordings to study later or to show and play to your teacher and friends. You can also email recordings to share them with others. Have fun competing with your friends to see who can get the highest score or who can maintain the highest average.

Version History Updated for iOS 26 4.3.0 Jan 6 Updated the tab used to store recordings.
Fixed behaviour in 'Play any scale' mode when a syllabus is selected.
Improved performance when switching between users. 4.2.1 07/03/2025 Selected/detected exercise is used as the starting point for the 'Choose a scale' screen when there is no syllabus selected 4.2.0 09/02/2024 Added warning in the rare event that the tuning note is not available (strings/brass). 4.1.2 08/18/2024 Added the current user and instrument information to the Preferences screen 4.1.1 04/27/2024 Starting octave is now selectable without using a syllabus 4.1.0 03/29/2024 Fixed an issue displaying the full exercise on the Analysis tab 4.0.2 03/14/2024 Improved handling of large text setting 4.0.1 01/16/2024 Updated after years of neglect. Bug fixes, layout improvements. 4.0.0 01/05/2024 Cosmetic updates 3.2.2 07/06/2016 Updated for iOS 7 and above
Fixed an issue with note recognition on iPhone 6S 3.2.0 03/18/2016 Added half-diminished 7th chords 3.1 11/30/2013 Added the ability to export scores to the iPad version
Included new scales - Lydian flat 7 and Altered 3.0 11/18/2013 Allows toggling between the ideal scale/arpeggio and the results of your own playing
Added Ukulele 2.4 10/01/2013 Added information about what was played if it isn't the selected exercise
Included support for Double bass
Added guidance to the sign-in screen
Improved tolerance to mistuned instruments 2.3 09/10/2013 Corrected the lowest note available when using the Trumpet setting 2.2.1 08/22/2013 Added tied notes to show tuning changes during a note
Improved the way exercises are selected in 'Challenge me' 2.2 08/19/2013 Added intonation information to any extra notes shown in the note display 2.1.1 06/18/2013 Improved the scoring scheme
Added start notes for certain instruments
Incorporated the selected rhythm in the 'Hear it' feature 2.1 05/09/2013 Fixed written notes for Bass Guitar 2.0.1 04/26/2013 Allows you to hear the exercise before you play it
Gives a score when the octave played is different from the one in the syllabus
Added harmonic minor, phrygian mode, locrian mode and aeolian mode
Keeps scores attained in 'Play any scale' mode
Several minor fixes 2.0 04/06/2013 Allows a re-try of a challenge if something goes wrong
Added mini Bassoon as an instrument 1.1.5 02/02/2013 Added information bubbles to some actions on the sign-in screen 1.1.4 01/21/2013 Added lifetime total score for each exercise
Corrected audio output route for iPhones 1.1.3 01/08/2013 Added support for iOS6 and iPhone5 large screen
Added Bass Clarinet
Corrected enharmonic representation of lowered sevenths in C and Db major/minor sevenths 1.1.2 12/08/2012