

The first thing I do is identify the key signature or tonal center of the music. The vast majority of the music I listen to doesn't use much complex harmony - identifying basic major/minor triads and extensions is much easier than identifying modulated jazz chords. So, based on my previous question, I would find E-flat minor easier to identify as minor after a C minor chord than an A minor chord after a C minor chord, and that's the type of thing I was suggesting that you track. But it's also my strong hypothesis that some would be harder than others, and that's because of the relationships that inevitably arise from this random selection. I would probably be able to identify their chord quality by ear. Chordal relationships are unavoidable when the chords are played in sequence. Do you see what I mean? And because each of those is a different relationship, it sounds different. A-flat major is a mere semitone below A minor and even shares the same third-we call that the SLIDE relation. A minor is a major third below C-sharp minor, and can be thought of as the parallel minor of the submediant (in each of these cases thinking of the first chord of the pair as a local "tonic"). C-sharp minor is (discounting spelling) a minor third above B-flat minor, and can be thought of as the parallel minor of the relative major. What I'm saying is that no matter how randomly chosen, any pair of chords has a relationship! B-flat minor is a whole tone below C major. I also know "What would it sounds like if it were minor/major ?" still doesn't work.

I only know "Find the root, the third and find out the interval" but I often fail with that. What is your technique? It might help recognize the degrees in a piece/song if we know the quality of the triads / seventh chords (obviously dominant seventh chords are easy to recognize because of the tritones), that's why I really want to learn to differenciate one from the other. So I know minor sounds darker and so on, but when several chords are played, not being related to each other, I often fail to determine if it's major or minor. The first one played is easy for me to tell but the next ones are very often a failure. So I did a lot of hear training (mostly intervals, I can tell any interval played in a second melodically and harmonically), I know a lot of chord progressions in classical music but I'm feeling dumb still not being accurate on recognizing a major and a minor triad (and a minor seventh / major seventh chord). Undergraduate Student Read about flair in /r/musictheory and get your own!
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