Chord Recognition Test

Can You Identify Chords By Ear?

Chord recognition is the gateway to playing songs by ear and understanding harmony. Test your ability across four chord types.

What you will learn

What the test covers

Four chord qualities. One listen per chord. Your accuracy across each type reveals exactly where to focus your harmonic ear training.

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Major and minor chords

The two most common chord qualities in music. The test starts here and gets progressively harder.

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Diminished and augmented

The less common but equally important chord types that show up in jazz, classical, and film scores.

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Quality breakdown

Your results show accuracy per chord type so you know exactly which quality needs the most work.

How it works

How the test works

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A chord plays once

Listen carefully. You cannot replay it. This trains your ear to get it right the first time.

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Choose the chord type

Major, minor, diminished, or augmented. Select from the options on screen.

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See your harmonic profile

Your score breaks down by chord quality with a personalised training recommendation.

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Complete your pitch profile

Each dimension of pitch perception reinforces the others.

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Perfect Pitch

Name any note without a reference.

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Relative Pitch

Measure intervals between two notes.

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Chord Progressions

Recognise harmonic movement.

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FAQ

Common questions

No. The test teaches you to hear the quality of the chord rather than analyse it theoretically.
A diminished chord has a darker, tense quality often used for tension. An augmented chord sounds unresolved and dreamlike.

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