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I'm quite familiar with the music theory behind all of the scales, having played instruments for over 30 years, but I'm not finding the information display or interface to be very intuitive.

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could you be any more constructive, I mean, which parts are confusing / none intuitive?

I'm having a hard time looking at the scale and making sense of it without having to orient myself and think about it a lot. I think this could be fixed with a different visual display, such as less or different colors and more contrast.

I also wasn't sure what effect some of the controls were having, but I think it might be because I am on my phone.

A couple issues/questions on desktop:

- the hover effect makes the lighter color buttons seem to disappear, especially once pressed

- I have no idea what the R button does or why

- pentatonic major is an uncommon scale and odd choice for default - pentatonic minor might be better, or just major

R marks "relative" major/minor, for example: A minor pentatonic is relative to C major pentatonic (contains same notes/shapes, just root note is different). I can/could change defaults, but, all your presets should be saved between the sessions (your next visit). I am in the middle of making some interface changes, hopefully buttons will behave better after it. Thanks for feedback.

You're welcome, i may have some more feedback.

One thing I want to mention is that tool tips or other onscreen help would be useful.

I was thinking about tooltips but those are tricky to implement for mobile devices (although I haven't spend much time making it usable for small screens/devices)

True, i didn't notice the lack of hover tips until I used the desktop. But if it's oriented towards desktop, might as well put them in?

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