Scales allow you to more easily dial in a musical flavor or mood for your chords and melodies. Your Woovebox supports many scales, from well known scales to more exotic scales.
Different musical scales can create different emotions or feelings in the listener. For example, a major scale is generally considered to be happy or cheerful, while a minor scale is often described as sad or serious. This is because the major scale has a specific pattern of whole and half steps, which creates a sense of resolution and stability, while the minor scale has a slightly different pattern, which creates a sense of tension and dissonance. Other scales, such as the pentatonic scale, which only uses five notes, can create a simpler, more primal feeling, while modes like Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian can give music a specific cultural or ethnic character.
It's important to note that these are generalizations and that the emotional impact of a piece of music depends on many factors, including the melody, harmony, rhythm, and instrumentation. Also, different cultures have different scales and modes which can have different emotional impact.