Tonality: Music Theory

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Bryce Hostetler  | 
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Nov 20, 2023
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$0.99 - 5.99

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Tonality: Music Theory
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Chords, scales, and much more!
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"Best music app tool I own, period!" "Never downloaded an app so fast in my life" "Excellent app for music theory. It is brilliantly supported by the developer who is continually updating it... The app is indispensable for the reference and learning of music theory." Tonality is the ultimate chord, scale, and general music reference tool for musicians of all skill levels. It allows you to explore a large database of chords and scales and comes with tons of MIDI/AUv3 functionality, including chord pads for composition and performance. NOTE: Tonality will always be a one-time purchase with free upgrades. All IAPs are for tips only. CHORDS: • Chord dictionary with over 1,000 chords for piano and guitar • Listen to a chord by tapping, or arpeggiate by swiping • Reverse search for chords using piano or fretboard • Identify chords from the microphone using a cutting-edge ML algorithm • Search for chords by root, quality, and/or extension • View different inversions and omittable notes • View related scales GUITAR CHORD CHARTS: • View charts for any chord • Supports multiple tunings and instruments (including custom tunings) • Generate voicings by criteria including fret range, number of fingers used, and finger stretch • Left-handed option SCALES: • Scale dictionary with over 1,000 scales • Search for scales by root and name, and filter by various tags • Reverse search for scales using piano or fretboard • View scale degrees and note names • View ascending and descending versions • View all modes and scale chords CIRCLE OF FIFTHS: • Interactive circle of fifths: view key signatures and scales for major and minor keys • Focus on diatonic chords in a given key and view Roman numeral analysis EAR TRAINING: • Learn to recognize notes, melodies, intervals, chords, and scales by ear! • After each session, view what gave you trouble and create a level with just those items • View detailed statistics about each training session and your training history MUSICAL TERMS DICTIONARY: • View musical terms and their definitions/illustrations • Tempo, symbol, articulation, dynamics, and more MUSICAL TYPING KEYBOARD: • Special keyboard for typing and previewing chord symbols • Works wherever iOS keyboard does - enable it from Settings->General->Keyboard->Keyboards->Add New Keyboard... ---- Includes 4 AUv3 MIDI Plugins! ---- CHORD/SCALE IDENTIFICATION: • View the names of the piano chords/scales you play in real time • Record identified chords and export as text/MIDI CHORD PADS: • Add chords via list, scale chords, fretboard, name, or MIDI input • Drag and drop to and from other apps or plugin instances • Full voicing control: edit individual notes' octaves and velocities • Grid sizes from 2x2 to 12x12 • Strum bar for performing arpeggios or individual notes • MIDI trigger mappable with MIDI learn capability • Automation parameters for footpedal control • CC mapping on XY axes • Multiple velocity sensitivity modes • Custom presets can be saved and shared across hosts • Patchstorage integration for community sharing • Export pad sets as MIDI/XML files • Import Scaler chord packs (XML) GRAND STAFF: • View MIDI input in a grand staff in real time • Detects chord names CIRCLE OF FIFTHS: • Control other apps with a circle-of-fifths layout • Modify inversion, octave, extensions, and bass notes on the fly • Auto-voice lead option CUSTOMIZATION/ADVANCED: • Create your own chords, scales, fingerings, ear training levels, and definitions • Show set theory information for any pitch class set, including Forte numbers, pitch constellations, and Tonnetze • Choose the playback instrument (load any .sf2 file) • Choose note naming (English or Solfège)}
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Posto
22 Sep, 2025
5
Alles drin, um den theoretischen Aufbau zu erkunden und zu verstehen; toll z. B. die schwebende Palette, um mal schnell drei, vier Akkorde für eine Kadenz auszuprobieren.
Jsi.Miles
12 Aug, 2025
5
I’ve been using Tonality for a few months now. It’s become an important part of my guitar practice toolkit. I’m enjoying the Ear Training. The scale & chord look up tools are just fantastic -> and the guitar/keys/guitar+keys view connects tremendously well to supplement any theory training. Particularly favourite… the pitch detection to chord/scale! This app is worth adding to your toolkit.
Athens Ga
09 May, 2025
5
Absolute gem. If only life was this good all the time. Doesn’t matter what skill level you are at, this is a must have app for anyone interested in learning or expanding their musical prowess. At $7.99, it’s a steal. Kudos to the developer of this app. On a scale of between one and five stars, I’d give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Edit on May 9, 2025 - The only small nitpicking I have with this app is the color scheme of the app itself. Black font on teal background on different options is extremely hard on my aging eyes. Other than that, the app is still a grand slam. 😊 Thanks for this wonderful app.
Scjr42
30 Mar, 2025
4
Alright, so I have just started using tonality for chord generation in AUM and I gotta say I really like the simplicity and use for this feature. There is still so much for me to explore within the app. However, with the features I’ve tried so far, I do have one feature suggestion for the chord and scale note generators in this apps chord auv3. So, I have found it a bit frustrating that every time I switch the key my chords or notes are playing in on my pads that it causes my midi mappings to be reset. If there were an ability to simply set global midi mappings on pads within an instance of the auv3 version of the app that would be amazing! Overall, great product, do recommend so far, I would really enjoy this feature thing for streamlining my workflow! Thanks!
Athens Ga
20 Mar, 2025
5
Absolute gem. If only life was this good all the time. Doesn’t matter what skill level you are at, this is a must have app for anyone interested in learning or expanding their musical prowess. At $7.99, it’s a steal. Kudos to the developer of this app. On a scale of between one and five stars, I’d give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
kirileclown
26 Feb, 2025
5
Bien utile pour qui découvre son instrument en tâtonnant… cette appli permettra de progresser bien plus vite en jouant des gammes avec les bons accords. De loin la meilleure application « chords and scales (accords et gammes) » : très complète et sans abonnement. Merci ! Achetée début 2025 - 8.99€
eadsfacekillah
19 Dec, 2024
5
Such a comprehensive app for helping music theory education and ear training. Brings tears to my eyes to find apps like this.
xXsmundXx
04 Nov, 2024
5
Tonality is easy to use and has a slick enough interface to feel good about it. Amongst cool things you can do are /Work on music theory from your starting point /Make Cord libraries /Turn them into naturalised Pads /Record Pads to DAWs Discord with support available
yellow eyez
13 Oct, 2024
5
This is a great tool set for music theory. It also includes the AUv3 tools that are very useful. If you want to learn theory and also have practical tools to help you while you produce this is the best app of its kind.

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Rating:
4.82
Voted: 350
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Price: 7.99 $
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Categories: Music, Education
Size: 110MB
iAP: 0.99 - 5.99 $
App Age: 10 years 4 months
Release Date: Aug 26, 2015
Last Update: Nov 20, 2023
Version: 10.1.1
Version history
10.1.1
Nov 20, 2023
Chord/Scale AU: + Fixed scale playback in the identification audio unit
10.1
Feb 05, 2023
Chord Pads: + Import and export Scaler chord sets (XML format) + Export chord pads directly without first saving as a preset + Drag and drop Tonality chord pad presets (.chordPadPreset) and Scaler chord sets (.xml) onto any chord pad to insert into the current pad set + Bulk export and delete presets + Update Patchstorage API Chord ID: + Drag and drop the notes detected by the mic onto chord pads (or other apps supporting MIDI drag and drop) Circle of Fifths: + Add MIDI thru to audio unit General: + Improve tutorial help text - Fix chord palette positioning on newer iPads when using slide over mode —————————— Previously in 10.0: —————————— Chord ID: + Chord identification via microphone has been improved using a new, cutting-edge machine learning algorithm! + This feature is now available as a search mode on the main chords tab. Access by tapping the magnifying glass icon and selecting “microphone”. The old chord ID tab has been removed.

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