About Taylor's Guide to Scales

Are you interested in digging into the patterns behind musical scales? When I learned scales for the first time, I remember memorizing major scales from a piece of sheet music. When it came time to learn minor scales, I was taught to use parallel keys or relative keys to turn major scales into minor scales. If you're like me, these were not terribly satisfying explanations of where scales come from. I wanted to understand more, and so I wrote Taylor's Guide to Scales.

• Learn to spell scales instead of just having to memorize them.
• Visualize scales to understand what modes actually are.
• Use parallel keys and relative keys to deepen your understanding of relationships between keys.

In the guide all scales are on an equal footing whether they are major, minor, or another mode entirely. Intrigued? Tap below to start reading!

For a taste of what's covered by the guide, here's an interactive demo depicting modes. Each dot around the circle represents a note in a scale. Try clicking on green dots to explore all seven modes!