Ear Training

Hear two notes and identify which one is higher. Builds foundational pitch awareness.

Identify intervals by ear — ascending, descending, and harmonic. The cornerstone of ear training.

Identify triad quality: Major, minor, diminished, augmented. Start with major vs minor, progress to all four with inversions.

Identify 7th chord qualities: Maj7, min7, dom7, half-dim, dim7, minMaj7. Essential jazz vocabulary.

Identify 9th, 11th, and 13th chords including altered extensions (#9, b9, #11). Advanced harmonic vocabulary.

Identify common chord progressions by their Roman numeral movement. From I-IV-V to complex jazz turnarounds.

Identify secondary dominant chords (V/V, V/ii, V/vi, etc.) within progressions. Critical for understanding jazz and pop harmony.

Identify modes by their characteristic voicings and scale colors. Hear the difference between Dorian and Aeolian, Lydian and Ionian.

Identify borrowed chords from parallel modes (bVII, iv, bVI, etc.). The color of modal mixture.

Hear original and reharmonized progressions, then identify the technique: tritone subs, Coltrane changes, chromatic approaches.

Hear a scale played ascending and descending, then identify it. From major/minor basics to modes and exotic scales.

Hear a short melody and identify the scale degree pattern. Trains the connection between hearing and intervallic thinking.

Identify rhythmic patterns: quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets, syncopation, and more. Rhythm is the foundation of all music.

Identify layered rhythmic patterns: 2 against 3, 3 against 4, and beyond. Develops rhythmic independence.

Identify time signatures by their accent patterns: 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8. Feel the groove of asymmetric meters.

Hear a chord, then identify which voice is isolated or which voice moved. Develops the ability to hear individual voices within harmony.

Identify two triads from different keys played simultaneously. The ultimate harmonic hearing challenge.

Identify stacked chord structures (upper triad over lower triad). Advanced contemporary harmony.

Hear a tone row and its transformation, then identify: prime, retrograde, inversion, or retrograde inversion.

Identify the number of notes in dense chord clusters. Trains the ability to parse complex simultaneous sonorities.