Interval names, symbols, example notes, and audio.
Music Reference and Theory
Find details on scales, chords, arpeggios, chord progressions and how
to play these on the guitar. All guitar references can be suited to
standard or alternate tunings.
Knowledge and Ear Training Drills
Test your knowledge, improve you ability to know what you hear, and
strengthen your weak points with these drills.
Intervals
Next Note
Learn to construct an interval from a starting note.
Ear Training
Learn to name intervals that you hear.
Scales
Notes in scale
Learn to list notes in a scale.
Scale by notes
Learn to name a scale from a list of notes.
Chords
Notes in chords
Learn to list the notes in a chord.
Chord by notes
Learn to name a chord from a list of notes.
What's New
May 9, 2026
Fixed-root interval ear training drills
I've added a new set of 'fixed-root' interval ear-training drills. The idea here is that it's much easier to identify an interval if you are always working from the same starting point. All of the existing drills have now been labeled as 'random-root', since the root note of the interval can change with each new question.
Examples:
May 5, 2026
Drill groups and organization
This week's update is a bit more administrative, though hopefully still helpful. All drills have been organized into groups to make things easier to navigate.
All interval 'ear training' drills, for instance, are now listed on their own page, in easiest to hardest order. This will make room for more drills and make it easier to keep track of where you are in your learning of a particular topic.
Examples: