Ear training — intervals, chords, scales, pitch and rhythm

Five short drills that teach your ear to name what it hears: the distance between two notes, the colour of a chord, the shape of a scale, a note on its own, and where the beat is. Each one plays, you answer, it tells you — no signup, nothing to install, and it runs in your browser.

  1. 1Interval ear trainingTwo notes — how far apart are they?
  2. 2Chord ear trainingMajor or minor? I–V–vi–IV or ii–V–I?
  3. 3Scale practiceHear eight scales, then name them.
  4. 4Perfect pitch testOne note, no reference. Which is it?
  5. 5Got rhythm?Tap along and see how many milliseconds you drift.

How to use these

  1. Ten minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday — pick one drill and do a round.
  2. Start at the easiest level and move up only when you are right nine times out of ten.
  3. Sing what you hear before you answer; the voice is what teaches the ear.

Questions