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Ear Trainer: Chords and Chord Notes Guide

If you have started training your ears and you are getting better with pitch and interval training you might be ready to step up to the next level, chords.

Chords can be very difficult to hear so here are some tricks and tips to get you started and move to the next level.

Chords usually consist out of three notes. This means you have to be able to hear at least two intervals.

A basic chord like C major has 3 notes and 3 intervals:

C E G

1: C - E (major 3rd)
2: E - G (minor 3rd)
3: C - G (perfect 5th)

Songwriting Chords: Long and Short
In this next example we'll look at another aspect of chord - melody interaction. This time we'll take the note length into account. We'll take a simple A minor chord again. Take a look at the next she

Songwriting Scales: Melody and Chords
To really understand what makes some notes work or not in a melody we are going to try and listen again to different chords and notes. In this next example the A minor chord is played again and we are

Songwriting Scales: Chords and Complex Harmonies
When you start adding a melody to a chord progression you are simply creating complex chords or harmonies. But of course it depends on the notes you add to the chord with the melody. Let's take a look

Songwriting Scales: Chords and Starting Notes
In the previous example we used a "weird" note that was not in the chord to create some complex harmonies. You can of course do this with any note, but should you? Let's take another example.
Take

Songwriting Chords and Melody: On the Beat
In the previous example we covered chord - melody interaction and note lengths. In this next lesson we'll also need to look at the rhythm, and the rhythm instruments.
Let's repeat the previous 'mel

Songwriting Chords and Melody: Scale Passing Notes
In the previous songwriting lessons we discussed long and short notes and how they can be used in a melody. We also discussed chord notes, non chord notes, scale notes and non scale notes.
In thi

Songwriting Chords and Melody: Non Scale Passing Notes
Take a look at the next sheet music example and listen to it. The chords are still Am and G.
The long notes are still all chord notes. But this time we mix in some none scale notes. The last note i

the Advanced Singing Chords Dictionary Chord Database
The Advanced Singing Chords dictionary includes every chord on the planet and was developed to give you fast access to the music theory of all the chords.

1000+ Exercises: non structured Arpeggio Singing Chords mixed 16th notes
The next exercises feature 1000+ exercises with the C major 7th chord.
Try singing each exercise only 3 three times. If it is still too difficult after trying it three times move on.

Singing Exercises: P4 with C major Scale Chords
Next try this exercise with all perfect 4th notes. This will probably not be easy, but give it a try.

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