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Category Archive: Chords

Chords: Teaching Quiz: Minor Seventh Chords: Spelling

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Online quiz that teaches the four notes that spell each Minor Seventh Chord.

2020-06-09 Chords, Teaching Quizzes

Chords: Teaching Quiz: Major Seventh Chords: Spelling

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Online quiz that teaches the four notes that spell each Major Seventh Chord.

2020-06-09 Chords, Teaching Quizzes

Chords: Teaching Quiz: Dominant Seventh Chords: Spelling

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Online quiz that teaches the four notes that spell each Dominant Seventh Chord.

2020-06-02 Chords, Teaching Quizzes

Chords: Teaching Quiz: Minor Triads: Spelling

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Online quiz that teaches the three notes that spell each Minor Triad.

2020-05-31 Chords, Teaching Quizzes

Chords: Teaching Quiz: Major Triads: Spelling

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Online quiz that teaches the three notes that spell each Major Triad.

2020-05-24 Chords, Teaching Quizzes

Ear Training: Seventh Chord Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the five most commonly-used seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, diminished 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished 7.

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Ear Training: Triad Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Ear Training: Melodic Interval Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the following intervals: minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, tritone, perfect 5th, minor 6th, major 6th, minor 7th, major 7, octave…

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Killer Joe”

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Enjoy this super-hip voicing for a Dominant 7 Chord made famous in Benny Golson’s “Killer Joe”…

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2018-02-03 Chords, Jazz School

Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add #9, drop 5

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For a dissonant edgy sound, drop the 5 and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus “the #9″…

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2018-02-03 Chords, Jazz School

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