The Geometric Scale & Chord Lab offers musicians and composers a dynamic platform for discovering, creating, and understanding scale structures through interactive visualizations.
Designed around both fretboard logic and geometric mapping, the tool reveals hidden symmetries within the twelve-tone system, opening new possibilities for harmonic exploration and innovation.
Whether experimenting with conventional scales or constructing entirely new tonal architectures, the Geometric Scale & Chord Lab provides a hands-on, sensorial approach to musical structure.
Concept and Methodology
Built on the principle that geometry and sound are intrinsically connected,
the Geometric Scale & Chord Lab allows users to select notes, define root tones, visualize scales across a virtual fretboard and a semitone circle, and explore the spatial relationships between tones.
Through interactive selection and real-time playback, users can:
- Reveal triadic and modal symmetries.
- Explore circle-of-fifths logic.
- Innovate with customized scales beyond traditional theory.
This approach aligns with the broader framework of Methodical Transfer Epistemology (MTE):
understanding musical systems through structural, dynamic, and affective mappings.
Features Overview
- Fretboard View: Map scales and chords onto a virtual guitar fretboard spanning 22 frets and multiple octaves.
- Semitone Circle View: Discover geometric relationships between notes in a circular twelve-tone layout.
- Preset Scale View: Quickly load and explore a library of traditional and modal scales categorized by note count.
- Interactive Note and Root Selection: Freely select, shift, and manipulate notes and root settings for creative exploration.
- Dynamic Playback Options: Play sequences, random orders, chords, or full tonal Root Scapes — all adjustable via tempo and envelope settings.
- Automatic Scale Detection: Instantly identify and name constructed scales based on selected intervals.
- Export Functions: Save visualizations as PDFs and export sequences as MIDI files for use in compositional workflows.
Artistic and Epistemic Vision
The Geometric Scale & Chord Lab proposes that musical structure is not merely learned — it can be discovered, felt, and shaped through interaction with spatial-logical frameworks.
By engaging directly with the geometry of tone relationships, users encounter scales and chords not only as theoretical constructs but as lived sonic architectures.
This bridges formal theory and intuitive musical practice, offering a method where geometry, sound, and affective experience converge.
Explore the System
Experiment with scales, invent new harmonic systems, and visualize the inner architecture of tonal music.
Play, save, and expand your musical understanding — from conventional modes to radical new tonal landscapes.