Train interval, chord-quality, and cadence recognition
Hear a musical prompt, choose the answer, and build a running ear-training score in three focused modes.
Access: Free. Eligible Pro sessions may record completed answer batches in the practice log.
Open ear training
Get started
- Choose Intervals, Chords, or Cadences.
- Select Beginner for a compact pool or All for the full set in that mode.
- Leave the source on Any key, or choose My songs when the library has usable material.
- Press the mode-specific Play button and listen without looking at the choices.
- Choose one of the four answers and read the text feedback.
- Press Next question, then Finish session when you are done.
How it works
Three listening skills
Intervals play a root followed by a target, either ascending or descending. Beginner includes minor and major thirds, perfect fourths and fifths, and octaves; All adds every semitone through the octave. Chords move from major and minor in Beginner to diminished, augmented, dominant seventh, major seventh, and minor seventh in All. Cadences establish a tonic reference before testing a two-chord move such as V–I or IV–I.
Use the feedback
The score is a session tally and survives mode and difficulty changes, while the question changes immediately. A wrong answer still names the correct answer. My songs is unavailable for intervals and falls back to Any key when the saved material lacks a parseable root or key. The header sound control also applies to these listening prompts.
- Replaying a prompt does not create another answer.
- Only accepted answers contribute to a Pro practice-log batch; unanswered questions are not mastery evidence.
Example: recognizing an authentic cadence
- Choose Cadences and Beginner.
- Press Play cadence and listen for the tonic reference, then the two-chord move.
- Compare the final chord’s pull to the tonic and choose V–I authentic when it resolves strongly home.
- Press Next question and try again without relying on the answer order.
What to expect: You connect the sound of dominant-to-tonic resolution with its harmonic name rather than memorizing a visual pattern.
Troubleshooting
My songs is disabled.
That source is disabled for intervals, and it also needs parseable song or progression material for the other modes. Use Any key or save musical material first.
The prompt is silent.
Check the header sound setting, then press Play again. Sound starts after that action; follow any visible retry message if startup fails.
Changing modes erased my score.
It should not: mode and difficulty start a fresh question but carry the session score. Reloading or New session intentionally resets it.