RiffAlly Scales

See the scale. Hear its character. Find it on the guitar.

RiffAlly Scales is a focused visual and listening companion for guitarists. Explore 56 scales across seven musical families, transpose them to any of 12 roots, and connect their sound with the notes on your fretboard.

SCALE ATLAS

• Browse essentials, major modes, minor systems, pentatonic and blues, symmetrical, bebop, and world or historical scales
• Search by name, alias, musical character, or interval formula
• Open a scale directly on the fretboard

SEE AND HEAR THE SCALE

• Hear a scale ascend and descend with one tap
• Follow a white ring as it highlights the exact string and fret being sounded
• Hear a playable octave near your current neck position
• Swipe directly along the neck from open strings through fret 24, with six fret positions visible at a time
• Swipe left for higher frets and right for lower frets, or use position shortcuts
• Switch between note names and scale degrees
• Find root notes by their distinctive diamond shape

GUIDED LESSONS

• Start with From minor to blues: compare minor, pentatonic, and blues while keeping A as home
• See removed notes and the added blue note, then hear the difference
• Explore how C major and A minor share notes but have different home notes
• Keep your neck position while comparing lesson stages
• Open lesson notes and practice suggestions when you want more guidance

MOOD LAB

• Compare D Dorian and D Aeolian
• Watch B natural become B-flat while the other scale tones stay fixed
• Hear the change and try both sounds over a D minor chord

YOUR FRETBOARD

• Choose Light maple, Medium walnut, or Dark ebony
• One saved appearance setting updates the fretboards throughout the app
• New installations start with Dark ebony; existing saved choices are preserved

All scale-learning and listening features work offline. No RiffAlly account is required. There are no ads or analytics. Optional, repeatable one-time tips support development and unlock no features; they are not subscriptions. Apple handles purchases, which require an App Store connection. The optional RiffAlly app-discovery and support links also use the internet.