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It is helpful for musicians, from beginners to experts, and allows you to understand musical structures and find inspiration.\n\nAll chords and scales can be played ascending, descending, and harmonically and are shown on virtual piano and staff. The root note and inversion of the chords can easily be changed. App also includes a song composer that allows you to easily layout chord progressions and recommends chords based on selected scales.\n\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n\nFeatures\n\nLarge chord collection;\nLarge scale collection;\nChord progressions collection;\nSong composer with chord recommendations\nAudio playback support for everything;\nPiano view for chords and scales\nStaff View for chords and scales\nFind chords by the root and inversion, notes on the staff or piano keys;\nFind scales by the root or piano keys;\nInteractive circle of fifths;\nMIDI in and out support;\nScale fingerings for both hands.\nSimple and intuitive.\n\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n\nUser Reviews\n\nI'm a piano teacher of 15 years and have more and more students who want to play chords and improvise. This app is a perfect resource for them. I like it because it's thorough but, at the same time, straightforward.\n\nI am new to piano and familiar with some scales and chord progressions, but this app will help me to understand and explore various combinations. I pair this app with additional learning material online to help me fully understand the math/science behind music.\n\nThis app is excellent for understanding scales, chords, chord progressions, and the circle of fifths. I like the easy-to-use interface. It only includes standard scales and chords. I have another app with many complicated and confusing scales that I've never heard of, much less can pronounce. I just wanted something to show me the standard scales and chords, which this app does. It also sounds like a chord or scale.\n\nIt gives you so much when you’re stuck composing. I’m relatively new to music theory, and this makes everything I’ve been learning about chords super clear.\n\nI have taught piano for 33 years. This is the best app for any level of the student. It is so easy to use; kids love it when I use the iPad in their lessons.\n\nPiano Chords and Scales Privacy Policy: https://www.chordsandscales.app/privacy.html\nTerms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/","facts":{"developer_id":1317949625,"developer_url":"https://www.chordsandscales.app/","first_released":"2013-10-24T04:45:55Z","support_url":"https://www.chordsandscales.app/support.html","privacy_url":"https://www.chordsandscales.app/privacy.html","website_url":"https://www.chordsandscales.app/","app_version":"9.0","release_notes":"- A new look for iOS 26: a warm neutral background, white cards and an accent colour of your choice. Pick orange, red, pink, purple, blue, teal or graphite in Settings.\n- Play controls for chords, scales, progressions and Chords in Key now float above the tab bar, so they stay within reach while you scroll.\n- Song editor: a two column layout in landscape on iPhone, better chord suggestions, and MIDI export works again on iOS 26.\n- Progression cards show the Roman numeral formula first. Play straight from the card and watch each chord light up as it sounds.\n- Chords in Key uses the same major, minor and diminished colours as Key Signatures.\n- A redesigned Settings screen with icons on every row and a new Privacy section.\n- Fixes: large iPhones keep your open song when you rotate, the instrument preview no longer drops its first chord, and a notice tells you when the volume is all the way down.","rating_current_version":4.77921,"rating_count_current_version":9299,"star_counts":[146,88,210,785,8070],"genres":["Music","Education"],"languages":["AR","EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","LV","PT","ZH","ES"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["mac","iphone","ipad"],"made_for_iphone_duo":true,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-11-03T06:50:12.989Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-11-03T10:59:13.081Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-11-03T06:44:12.805Z","placed_at":"2026-10-16T01:34:51.812Z","scored_at":"2026-11-03T23:04:13.388Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Explores chords, scales and chord progressions on a virtual piano and staff, with a song composer that suggests chords.","what_is":"Piano Chords and Scales is a music app for exploring chords, scales and chord progressions. 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