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ChordMaster Features
Rules of Drills

Chord Drills
Harmony Drills
Interval Drills
Tone Button

Progress Meter


The ChordMaster packs some serious instructional power. If you faithfully practice the drills provided in this window you will make an immense amount of progress in your ability to recognize not only chords, but also harmonies, intervals, and scales.

ChordMaster Features

This window is divided into five tabbed sections which give you access to the four main drills and the progress meter.

The Rules of Drills

There are 4 different kinds of drill. Each drill requires at least 10 rounds in order to be counted towards your progress log. In each round you get 2 attempts. The first attempt garners you 10 points. The second attempt is worth a maximum of 5 points. You may start out by guessing, but after a short time you will begin to know the answers.

Each drill begins when you first press the Try Me button. A bar appears which goes up for each completed round. When the bar reaches the right end, you're done with the drill. You can keep going, if you wish. Each new attempt will be averaged into the final score.

A correct answer on the first attempt is worth 10 points. If you get a wrong answer on the first attempt, you can guess only once more. If you guess right away, a correct answer will be worth 5 points. If you need to, you can press the Again Button to hear the clue repeated up to 5 times. Beware! for the value of a correct guess goes down 1 point each time you press the Again Button.

After you miss a round you will be told the correct answer. You can press the Show Me button to see the correct answer displayed in all the visible display palettes. When you are ready to continue press the Try Me button to begin the next round.

Drill Skills

Each drill has a unique character, so the skill levels for each are determined differently. Here is an overview of the skill levels for each drill:

  • Chord Drills
    Level 1 includes only the basic 3-note chords.
    Level 2 includes both 3-note and 4-note chords.
    Level 3 includes chords up to 5 notes, such as 9ths and 11ths.
  • Harmony Drills
    Level 1 gives you only basic single-octave harmonies to identify.
    Level 2 includes harmonies that span up to two octaves.
    Level 3 includes only single-octave harmonies but you must identify them by using only Sol-Fa names.
  • Interval Drills
    Level 1 gives you only basic single-octave intervals to identify.
    Level 2 includes intervals that span up to two octaves.
    Level 3 asks you to identify intervals using only Sol-Fa names.
    Level 4 - 6 are the same as Levels 1 - 3 but sound downwards.
  • Scale Drills
    Level 1 plays the scale ascending and descending.
    Level 2 only plays the scale ascending.
    Level 3 plays only the descending scale.

The Progress Meter

Each users' individual progress is graphed in the Progress Meter. Every completed drill adds another line to the meter. Watch and you will see your scores go up higher and higher!

 
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