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Chord qualities (for chord exercises)
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Choose an accidental, then click a staff position. Click an identical entry again to remove it. Signature symbols stay in the order you place them; other notes display from low to high.

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Uses the same accidental control as the staff. The diagram shows where your chosen position lies.

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How to use chord identification on the staff

A chord stack contains enough information to identify its quality when you inspect each interval above the lowest root. In these questions the chord is explicitly in root position, so inversion recognition is a separate skill. Choose which triads and seventh qualities to include, inspect the staff and select one quality. A first submitted answer counts toward the session. The revealed notes explain the result, and optional playback lets you connect its written structure with its sound.

Try a concrete example

C4 Eb4 G4 is minor: a minor third and perfect fifth above C. C4 E4 G4 Bb4 is dominant seventh. The exercise names a quality rather than guessing the key or harmonic function of a song.

Make a small practice task

Begin with major and minor only. Add diminished and augmented before adding all three seventh qualities.

Read the result carefully

Uses equal temperament and explicit written pitches. No account, teacher identity verification, secure exam proctoring or guarantee of learning. Local records and result receipts are editable by the device owner.

Work with the controls

  1. Choose treble or bass clef and written-note range
  2. Choose 1–50 questions and chord types
  3. Answer once, inspect the spelled-note explanation, then continue
  4. Keep optional local progress and XP
  5. Copy a repeatable configuration link; export a self-reported completion receipt

Use a short, repeatable task. Configuration links preserve the visible parameters and start a fresh session rather than sharing private scores. In an exercise, submit one first answer, inspect the revealed spelling and choose Next question. A completed set offers a self-reported receipt. Diagram exports and achievement summaries have their own controls above; they do not evaluate an acoustic performance.

Use the connected resources below to move from this experiment to a specific chord, scale or listening task. A diagram identifies pitches; a generated example gives you something to inspect and adapt. Neither is a prescribed fingering or an assessment of your physical technique.