Ear Training - Chords Pro

Identify triads, chords built from notes by intervals of thirds. Explore major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads with examples C E G, A C E, and F# A# C.

Recognize major and minor chords by listening for the bright major third versus the gloomy minor third, and practice identifying chords across the piano.

Compare minor and diminished triads by lowering the fifth of a minor to form the diminished triad; the diminished tone is tense, dissonant, and evokes horror.

Identify major and augmented triads by ear. Compare their vibes—bright and happy versus mysterious—and practice distinguishing them through hands-on chord recognition.

Identify all four triad types—major, minor, diminished, and augmented—by linking each chord’s mood to its sound, and practice until you recognize them quickly.

Learn how adding another third builds a seventh chord from a triad, like C major with B to form C7. Practice identifying seventh chords and hear their richer warmth.

Learn to identify major seven chords and seven chords built on the C major triad, comparing their floating versus bluesy, tense textures through guided ear training.

Practice identifying major seven and minor seven chords by comparing their emotional qualities and distinct sounds, using one-time playback exercises to distinguish maj7 from min7.

Distinguish between the minor seven and half diminished chords (minor seven flat five) by comparing their diminished triads and added sevenths, with jazz standards context and ear training practice.

Explore the half diminished and diminished seven chords, compare their tension and tonal color, and practice identifying each seventh chord in a key of G.

Identify five kinds of seventh chords—major seven, spacey seven, minor seven, half diminished, and diminished seven—through guided listening and rapid identification, then move on to chord progression.

Identify how a chord progression is a sequence of chords that can loop, and practice recognizing chords inside the progression, including seventh chords and major or minor qualities.

Listen to the baseline to identify chords within a scale, and hear the bass melody while evaluating chord quality (major, minor, major seven) and common progressions.

Learn the five-one progression, the dominant to tonic cadence, in major chords and hear the bass move by a fifth as you identify this essential ear-training pattern.

Explore the IV–V–I progression in major keys, recognizing the subdominant, dominant, and tonic roles with major triads, and learn to identify 4–5–1 and 5–1 patterns by ear.

Explore the ii - V - I progression, a jazzy staple heard in standards, built from ii minor to V to I major with bass moving from five to one.

Master the I - vi - IV - V progression, the 50s standard, featuring the tonic, vi (minor) chord, IV and V functions, and bass movement that expands the tonic.

Explore the I-iii-IV-V progression and its relation to I-vi-IV-V, identifying major and minor chords, tonic expansion, and bass and melody cues.

Practice identifying common chord progressions to train your ear, including 4-5-1, 2-5-1, 1-6-4-5, and 1-3-4-5 progressions, with major chords.

Practice identifying chords, including triads and seventh chords, and recognizing chord progressions by listening to each chord twice; pause to reveal answers and sharpen ear training.

Practice identifying chord progression by ear to strengthen your skills. Enhance ear training for chords pro.

Enhance your ear for chords by practicing with songs, identifying chord types and progressions, and revisiting the course materials to strengthen recognition over time.