Major or Minor
One chord, two answers, and a single note doing all the work. The third sits between the root and the fifth, and moving it down by a half step is what turns major into minor. Start here if you have never done ear training before.
- 2 answers
- the 3rd decides
- 2 minutes
at which level
- Beginner
- Any instrument
A chord sounds, and you name the type. Pick which types come past, then start.
What it asks
You hear a single chord and pick major or minor. The root and the fifth are the same in both, so the note in the middle is the only thing you are judging.
The question pool
Major and minor triads, on every root, across the middle of the keyboard. Later questions move lower, where the third is harder to pick out, and some arrive broken instead of played as a block so the deciding note comes late.
How you answer
Two buttons. No typing and no keyboard, so a question takes a few seconds and twenty of them take under two minutes.
When the round ends
Ten questions, twenty, or no limit at all. Most people pick ten, notice they are at four out of five, and go again.
When you get it wrong
The right answer lights up, the chord plays again, and then the third plays on its own. Sing that note back and play the other version after it, and you hear the half step move.
Keep going
Everything in ear training
- Higher or Lower
- Major or Minor
- Resolve or Hang
- Count the Notes