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Chord Degree Ear Training

Practice listening and identifying chord degrees (Roman numerals) in a key

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Key

Random

C

G

D

A

E

F

Bb

Eb

Ab

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Arpeggio

Context Cadence

I-IV-V-I

I-V-I

ii-V-I

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Cadence helps establish the key before hearing the chord to identify

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3 chords: I, IV, V

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Practice instructions:

Listen to the cadence (I-V-I or I-IV-V-I) to establish "home" (tonic)
Listen to the target chord - feel if it's "close to home" or "far from home"
Determine: stable (I), tension wanting to resolve (V), or warm (IV)?
Pay attention to how the bass note moves up or down

Chord characteristics:

I (Tonic): Feels like "coming home", most stable
V (Dominant): Tension, strongly "wants to go home"
IV (Subdominant): Warm, like just leaving home a little
ii (Supertonic): Soft minor, prepares for V
vi (Submediant): Slightly sad minor, "relative" of I