diff --git a/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs b/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
index 647fed80..73c4de15 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ describe('tonal', () => {
   it('scale with n and note values', () => {
     expect(
       n(0, 1, 2)
-        .note(3, 4, 5)
+        .note(3, 4, 0)
         .scale('C major')
-        .firstCycleValues.map((h) => h.note),
-    ).toEqual(['F3', 'G3', 'A3']);
+        .firstCycleValues.map((h) => [h.n, h.note]),
+    ).toEqual([[0, 'F3'], [1, 'G3'], [2, 'C3']]);
   });
   it('scale with colon', () => {
     expect(
diff --git a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
index acf35a59..dd723c2d 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export const scale = register(
           const isObject = typeof value === 'object';
           let step = value;
           if (isObject) {
-            if (value.note) {
+            if (typeof value.note !== 'undefined') {
               step = value.note;
             } else {
               step = value.n;