Interactive Music Theory

Musical Scales and Modes

Explore the scales by the selecting a root note and a scale type. See each scale highlighted on the keyboard and notated on the staff below. Press play to listen to the scale. Click the virtual piano or the notation to hear each note.

C Major (Ionian)

Numbers on the keys show the scale degree (1 is the root).

Explored 0 / 5 scale combinations

Nice work — you’ve explored enough scales to complete this activity.