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About Seventh Chords

The three sevenths that carry most tonal music.

Part of Ear Training on instrument.games. It runs in the browser, scores every run, and needs no account to play.

How to approach it

  • Hear the triad first, then the note stacked on top: a seventh is a familiar chord with one more storey.
  • Major 7th glows and stays put; dominant 7th leans somewhere; minor 7th is soft and settled.

More Ear Training levels

Ascending Basics

Steps, skips, and perfect intervals moving upward.

Descending Basics

The same core intervals, heard falling instead of rising.

Harmonic Intervals

Two notes at once — hear the blend, not the motion.

Major vs Minor Triads

The two workhorse chord qualities, blocked and arpeggiated.

Color Chords

All four triad qualities, including the unstable ones.

Mixed Advanced

Every interval, both directions, melodic and harmonic.

Altered Sevenths

All five sevenths, including the two that pull hardest.

Triad Inversions

Same three notes, different note underneath them.

Level by Demo Maestro · Published August 1, 2026