# Tessitura Pro

> Interactive music theory app for studying scales, modes, and melodic patterns. (iPhone/iPad app by MDECKS MUSIC, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tessitura-pro/id1144493337 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MDECKS MUSIC, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/566767005)
- Category: Music, Music, Education
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 4.09/5 from 44 App Store ratings · 60 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.1 · 13 MB
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Released: 2016-09-09
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tessitura-pro/id1144493337/reviews.md

## What is Tessitura Pro?

The world of scales and modes just got more interesting! Tessitura Pro is a powerful tool for students, Jazz players, Arrangers and Composers. Study scales and modes like never before.
Tutorials and example videos available from within the app

In 1959, John Coltrane revolutionized music with his melodic pattern cycles in Giant Steps. Schoenberg defied tonality with his tone rows and Messiaen found the symmetry hidden in music structures with his modes of limited transpositions.

So who is going to be the next pioneer to change the course of music?
We don’t know but we’d love to help. That’s why we’ve created Tessitura Pro, an amazing tool that brings the entire world of scales, modes and melodic patterns at your fingertips.

Tessitura Pro is much more than a thesaurus of scales, modes and melodic patterns, it’s an interactive tool to study and practice like never before.

In Tessitura Pro you can create your own melodic patterns and include different kinds of approaches. Tessitura Pro comes loaded with collections of pre-made step-skip patterns that will make the creation of new music a breeze. Tessitura Pro will apply any pattern to the scale of your choice and write the music for you. The possibilities are endless.

Study the relationship between source structures and modes, learn about their interval distribution and find upper structures for jazz improvisation, chord voicings and arranging.

Tessitura Pro will help you become the master musician you’ve always wanted to be.
Get Tessitura Pro today and take your music theory knowledge to the next level!

Discover which Upper Structure Triads, Quartals, Sevenths Chords to use for improvisation and chord voicings building.

Do you want to learn where you can use the Major or Minor Pentatonics in a solo? 
or how to use Upper Structure Triads in chord voicings or improvisation?
Do you want to practice technique and scales: Imagine Hanon in all keys, scales and modes, and then raise it to the power of 10!!
It's all in Tessitura Pro.

An endless source of materials to study and practice. Learn music structures from a new perspective. Understand the relationship between modes in structures over the circle of fifths or the circle of fourths. Tessitura pro includes hundreds of scales and modes.

Develop your ears and practice scales with or without approach notes, arpeggios, chords and any structure you can imagine. Use it as a source of inspiration for improvisation and composition. An app that takes on the world of music structures in a unique and profound way.

Some of the concepts you can study and practice with Tessitura Pro are:
Scale and Source Scales
Modes
Triads and 7ths chords
Arpeggios
Approach notes
Upper Structure Triads
Upper Structure Quartals
Step Skip Patterns with Inversion and Retrograde
Chord-Tones vs Tensions
Chord-scales
Degrees
Rhythmic Variation and Hemiolas

## Key features

- Study scales and modes interactively
- Create custom melodic patterns
- Apply patterns to any scale
- Learn about music structures and relationships
- Discover upper structure triads and quartals
- Practice scales with or without approach notes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 60)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tessitura-pro/id1144493337/reviews.md

### 2/5 — App no longer displays correctly

*2025-02-24*

After the latest OS updates there an extra offset black circle smack in the middle of the display, offset to the upper left.  The text is the wrong size and messes up the display. No longer usable.

### 2/5 — Any Answers about that Interface Failure ?

*2024-07-13*

Hello There. I've been mdecks musical materials user for years now. I find Tessitura Pro resourceable. But  Its lack of developers support (several
months now) have discouraged me as a frequent user of this creative "circle of fifth app". I can't explain why in my Ipad Pro, the interface shows a second circle. It is anoying and unbearable (from both aesthetically and mathematically points of view). I wrote this, because nobody answer my emails about the issue.

### 5/5 — A work of genius

*2024-07-07*

There are occasional stability issues, and sometimes you can’t remember where you saw that cool feature, but this app, along with Tonal Harmony Pro by mDecks, is absolutely essential for well versed musicians. You don’t have to be a jazz cat. You can be a stoner doom metal head and come away with tons more knowledge and love of music and how it all mysteriously works. These apps all invite creative exploration, which can lead to wonders. Do yourself a favor and buy this app, and Total Harmony Pro, now. The best musical experience education  out there. I can’t praise developer highly enough.

### 5/5 — Brilliant Study Aid

*2022-05-03, version 3.9.1*

So much I never really understood about modes and scales is now crystal clear with Tessitura. At such a low cost too.

### 5/5 — It’s making me a better musician

*2022-04-07, version 3.9.1*

What else can you expect from an app? I’m not exaggerating. Kudos to the developers for creating an app that helps to deepen my creativity.

### 4/5 — great

*2021-09-01, version 3.9.1*

if confusing … search function currently bust tho?

### 1/5 — Rubbish iPad software

*2021-03-14, version 3.9.1*

I have no problem with the 'content' of any of mDecks software ... the only problem is the software itself ... poor design layout and poorly coded for use with the iPad.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2020-02-10, version 3.9.1*

Thanks for another great app!  I Ignored the reviews this app has everything I was looking for.

### 5/5 — Excellent!!!

*2019-01-21*

I was almost swayed by the negative reviews. I’m glad I wasn’t! 
Outstanding in every way! This is an amazing musical study tool written by musical geniuses!

### 3/5 — When is the update?

*2019-01-03*

Been a while.

## Frequently asked questions about Tessitura Pro

### What does Tessitura Pro do?

Tessitura Pro is an interactive music theory application designed to help users study and practice scales, modes, and melodic patterns. It allows for the creation and application of custom patterns to various scales, aiding in the understanding of music structures and their relationships.

### What are the key features of Tessitura Pro?

Key features include interactive study of scales and modes, the ability to create and apply custom melodic patterns to any scale, learning about music structures like upper structure triads and quartals, and practicing scales with or without approach notes. It also offers insights into chord voicings and arranging.

### How much does Tessitura Pro cost?

Based on the provided information, Tessitura Pro is a paid application. There are no mentions of subscriptions, in-app purchases, or ads, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### Who is Tessitura Pro for?

This app is specifically designed for music students, jazz musicians, arrangers, and composers. It aims to enhance their knowledge of music theory, improvisation techniques, and compositional approaches.

### What music concepts can I learn with Tessitura Pro?

You can study concepts such as scales, modes, triads, 7th chords, arpeggios, approach notes, upper structure triads and quartals, step-skip patterns, chord-scales, and degrees. It also explores relationships between structures over the circle of fifths and fourths.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.9.1 — 2017-11-05

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Now compatible with iPhone X

### 3.8.3 — 2017-07-12

UI improvements

### 3.8.1 — 2017-06-19

Bugs fixed that were causing the app to crash (when no rhythm was used in patterns, when substructure were not found and the user wanted to see one at a time, on the guitar tabs when the note was out of range for the selected frets range)

### 3.7.1 — 2017-06-12

Chord tones and tensions are now shown in ascending order
Bug fixed that was causing the chord-tones and tensions to not show up when searching for substructures and upper structures triads

### 3.6.6 — 2017-05-29

We have added Recent Structures to the finder
Fixed bug in the substructures panel. (Which was not refreshing the key in found substructures view)
More UI improvements for smaller iPhones screens

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