I play viola, violin, piano and guitar and always struggled to find resources that let you hear the theory before memorizing it. Every app I tried either drowned you in notation or stayed too surface-level to be useful.
So I built The Modality — a music learning app that starts with the sound, then explains why. Right now it covers:
Modal Jazz — all 7 modes, each with a playable scale, a "color note" (the single interval that defines its character), and a mood description. Hear Dorian, then understand why it aches. Hear Phrygian, then understand why it sounds ancient.
Turkish Makam — microtonal scales explained for Western ears. Every makam has a "For Western Musicians" translation, a time of day, a mood, and a playable scale with real ney audio.
It's free, no ads, no in-app purchases. Would genuinely love feedback from people learning theory — what's missing, what's confusing, what would make it more useful.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/the-makam/id6772785333
Submitted June 5, 2026 at 03:24PM by Successful_Screen_15 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1txt4lf/i_built_a_free_app_to_learn_modal_jazz_and/?utm_source=ifttt