The exercises
Seventh Chord Construction from Chord Symbol
In this exercise, you have to build a seventh chord from a chord symbol.
Options
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Exercise
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You can also answer using your computer or MIDI keyboard. See below.
Answering with the computer keyboard
- Press the letters: C, D, E, F, G, A, B or numbers: 1 = C, 2 = D, 3 = E, 4 = F, G = 5, 6 = A, 7 = B.
- Continue to press the same key until you see the note with the correct accidental, then press Enter / Return.
- Press Enter / Return for the next exercise.
- Press Spacebar to listen.
Answering with a MIDI keyboard
If you have a MIDI keyboard connected to your computer, you can use it to answer if you have a WebMIDI-compatible Web browser:
- For chords and intervals, you can play all notes at once, including the given note.
- For scales, you can play the given note.
- After answering, click any key on your MIDI keyboard for the next exercise.
The following web browsers work with WebMIDI:
- Google Chrome v. 43 and above.
- Microsoft Edge v. 79 and above.
- Firefox v. 108 and above.
- Opera v. 30 and above.
Chord symbols
There're many variations of roman numerals and chords symbols. These are the ones we use in this exercise:
Seventh chords, major keys
Seventh chords, minor keys
Seventh chords, inversions
Score
As you complete each exercise, your score will be updated on the screen. Click End Exercise & View Score for more details:
- Exercises: shows the total number of exercises.
- Correct answers: the number of correct answers.
- Wrong answers: the number of incorrect answers. If the option Retry in case of error is available and is selected, the number of answers may be greater than the number of exercises.
- The formula used to calculate your score is: score = correct answers / number of answers x 100.
If you are a member, you can click Save Score to save your score to the database. You can check your score by:
- clicking Score after clicking the Save Score button.
- clicking your name in the menu bar and then clicking Scores.
- following the Browse your scores link in the exercise index page.
