Scale Degrees & Solfège

Aural Skills tools for sight-reading rhythms and melodies.

Solfège and Scale Degrees: Major/Minor

Each member of the scale has a name based on its relationship to the first note of the scale. They are commonly referred to by three types of names:

Scale Degrees. These are numbers that always have a caret over the top.
Solfege (e.g. Do, Re). These are commonly used for sight-singing.
Functional Names (e.g. tonic, supertonic). These names will also refer to the chords we will build above these scale degrees.

Dorian Mode: Sing through the natural minor scale, then sing through the Dorian scale, adjusting the 6th scale degree [Image | MuseScore]

Phrygian Mode: Sing through the natural minor scale, then sing through the Phrygian scale, adjusting the 2nd scale degree [Image | MuseScore]

Lydian Mode: Sing through the major scale, then sing through the Lydian scale, adjusting the 4th scale degree [Image | MuseScore]

Mixolydian Mode: Sing through the major scale, then sing through the Mixolydian scale, adjusting the 7th scale degree [Image | MuseScore]

Aeolian Mode: Sing through the natural minor scale as a warmup for the Aeolian mode. [Image | MuseScore]

Locrian Mode: Sing through the natural minor scale, then sing through the Locrian scale, adjusting the 2nd and 5th scale degrees. [Image | MuseScore]

Major Scale

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Minor Scale

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Major Pentatonic

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Minor Pentatonic

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Online Pianist: It has note names, qwerty entry, and a full-screen option.
ToneGym: This one shows the notes you're playing on the staff as you play them.
Clean and Simple Options: The Pop-Up Piano on Musictheory.net and the piano on Musicca.

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