After entering a guess, you can listen to the chord using the play button ▶ to the left of the chord.
Listen to your guess, and then listen to the solution using the Play Chord button.
Is the first note in your guess too high, or too low?
Unless you have perfect pitch, it is difficult to get the root note correct with your first guess. By comparing your guess to the solution, you should get closer with the next guess.
A good way to recognize an interval, is to compare it to a song or a tune that you know.
There are numerous sites on the internet which list songs with specific intervals.
Here are some examples:
You can find others by searching for something like "Interval training with songs".
Here are a few suggsetions:
| Interval | Song |
|---|---|
| Minor third | Greensleeves |
| Major third | When the Saints Go Marching In |
| Fourth | Auld Lang Syne |
| Fifth | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star |
Most chords are either major or minor chords, and you should be able to hear the difference.
This is an extreme simplification, but in western culture, minor chords feel slightly sad, and major chords feel happier.
If you think the chord is a minor chord, then it will contain the minor third. If you think it is a major chord, then it will contain the major third.
A third kind of chord that you might be able to recognize is a diminished chord. Diminished chords sound disoriented. All of the intervals in a dimished chord are three semitones, or a minor third.
Sit at a piano or a keyboard instrument and listen to the solution using the Play Chord button.
Try to find the notes on the keyboard which sound like the notes in the solution.
There is a good chance you can find the correct chord on the first guess!
But really, this is cheating.