Interactive Demo
Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer
Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer is a free, interactive learning demo from the Music Appreciation 1 course on Lykke. It helps you build intuition for Major Scale, Minor Scale, Tonic, Chromatic Scale. Play with it directly in your browser — it features 1 dropdown and 4 buttons. Click any note to hear its frequency ratio This demo lives in the “Scales and Tonality” section of the course.
How to use this demo
- Click any note to hear its frequency ratio
- Use the “Major”, “Natural Minor”, “Harmonic Minor”, “Major Triad” buttons to trigger actions or reset the demo.
- Pick an option from the dropdown to switch between scenarios.
- Experiment freely — there's nothing to break, and every change is reversible.
What you'll explore
- Major Scale
- Minor Scale
- Tonic
- Chromatic Scale
- Pentatonic Scale
Frequently asked questions
What does the Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer demo do?
Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer Scale Explorer Visualize the "gravitational pull" of tonality and the mathematical patterns of scales. Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer lets you explore this hands-on instead of only reading about it.
What Music Appreciation 1 concept does Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer teach?
Exploring the different types of scales and the concept of a tonal center or 'key'. It focuses on Major Scale, Minor Scale, Tonic, Chromatic Scale, Pentatonic Scale from the “Scales and Tonality” section.
What can I control in Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer?
A dropdown switches between scenarios; the “Major”, “Natural Minor”, “Harmonic Minor”, “Major Triad” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.
How does Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer fit into the Music Appreciation 1 course?
Music Appreciation 1 provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental building blocks of music theory, instrumentation, and historical analysis. The course covers essential elements such as melody, harmony, rhyt… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Scales and Tonality” section. Open the full Music Appreciation 1 course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/music-appreciation-1-3382b0df-6758-42c8-b2ad-c3f8655391d1 for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.
What will I understand better after using Tonal Gravity & Scale Explorer?
You'll build intuition for Major Scale, Minor Scale, Tonic, Chromatic Scale, Pentatonic Scale — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on Music Appreciation 1 alone.
From the Music Appreciation 1 course
This interactive demo is part of the Scales and Tonality section. Explore the full Music Appreciation 1 course wiki on Lykke — with notes, flashcards, quizzes and more interactive demos.
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