A unique musical instrument. An interactive music theory medium. An amazing solmization machine. A universal MIDI tool. All in one: "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round" unites and extends the possibilities of the apps "Musk MIDI Keyboard", "Musk MIDI Player", "Musk Diatonic Modes" and the "SolFa Mode-Go-Round". Therefore there are many creative and didactic use cases. Play and grasp music!

Use cases:

• Play on the diatonic or chromatic keyboard.
• Study or teach scales, church modes, and the circle of fifths.
• Discover improvising polyphonic canons.
• Learn Movable-Do and Fixed-Do solmization.
• Connect to your MIDI apps and devices or play with connected "SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds".
• Load sounds and polyphonic pieces.
• Tune into your part. Hear its solmization.

Touch instruments:

• The app features a diatonically oriented spiral shaped keyboard with 7 keys per octave. (Tone circle)
• With it you can easily play well sounding melodies and chords in major, minor or other church modes.

• Besides it, there is a chromatic piano keyboard. (iPhone: Landscape orientation, iPad: double tap piano-button)

Sounds:

• Instrumental sounds: a General-MIDI sound font is pre-installed. (See also "Musk MIDI Keyboard" for more options.)
• To study church modes and solmization, the syllables "do re mi fa so la ti" where recorded in 3 octaves.

• Freely mix instrument and solmization sounds. Listen to the solmization of the tenor, hear the bass as piano and the soprano as flute notes.
• Choose a small choir ("Erlebnisland") with warm sounds or synthetic Bruno, who really sings to the point.

Music theory:

• The generalised touch circle of fifth gives access to 12 tonics und 7 modes.
• The touch instruments change according to the selected tonic and mode.
• There are 5 mathematical-musical base modulations.
• Interactive tutorials introduce you to the operation.
• Get a fine feeling for the character differences between the diatonic scales Major (Ionian), natural Minor (Aeolean) and the church modes Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian.
• Understand how they are interrelated.

• Improvise up to five-part counterpoint canons "note-by-note": You play the melody and the canon assistent shows how to proceed.

• You can also invent normal canons. Just play in half notes.

• You can change labels on the tone circle, e.g. to test your or your students knowledge.

Solmization:

• The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.
• They are shown on the tone circle and can be heared.
• Solmization methods: absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.

MIDI features:

• With this app, you can send and receive MIDI notes and play back MIDI files.
• All features of "Musk MIDI Keyboard" and "Musk MIDI Player" are available. (See "Related Apps" in the App Store)

• Record tracks and export midi files.
• During recording of notes, the related solmization syllables can be attached to the track as lyrics. These can be shown by any MIDI-Karaoke player.
• This app sends and receives configuration change commands. You can keep all connected "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds" in sync.
• You can also add bass notes with an external notation app. These will trigger tonic/mode changes.

Synchronization:

• Notes and configuration changes are transmitted via MIDI to connected devices and apps.
• Using SharePlay you can play with friends over the Internet and play back midi files synchronously.
• Nearby devices, e.g. in the classroom, can synchronize their settings via OSC and OSC-Query.

See also:

• "SolFa Mode-Go-Round", "Tonkreisel", "Musk MIDI Player", "Musk MIDI Keyboard".
• Features marked with "*" are available in other apps.
• Features marked with "+" are only available in this app.

Have fun and let the mode go round! We love to hear feedback.