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A Fun Music Theory Drill

• Master scales, chords, and intervals.
• Understand music quickly.
• Start to develop your musical ear.
• Online (System Requirements)
• Extensive library of intervals, chords, and scales.

Nice games, thanks for sharing with our members! I think guitarists of all ages who are game freaks will really enjoy these; and certainly kids. Could be good motivation for learning the staff and the fretboard more quickly. The more tools like this that a teacher can have to inspire a student, the better! Good work. Martha Masters
Executive VP and GM,
Guitar Foundation of America

Why Learn Music Theory?

Because you want to understand music better. Because you want to be able to write your own music. Because you want to learn to improvise. Music Theory will do all this and more.

But, It's Too Boring...

Music Theory has long been thought of as the “boring” side of music. Nothing could be further from the truth. Is writing a beautiful piece of music boring? How about creating the perfect solo? It's not music theory that is boring, it's the learning process that is usually boring. Enter GuitarGames.net, which makes the learning process fun!

Please Note: These instructions are intended to teach you how to play the game Music Theory Blocks.

Instructions

First choose what you want to work on. You do this on the opening screen:

Members can choose from Intervals, Chords, and Scales, Trial Members can choose only from Intervals. Once you choose from these categories you can select a specific type (e.g. "major 2nd","Phyrgian",etc.) For a complete listing of the types see below. Then click on Start.

The game is fairly straightforward. Blocks fall from the top to the bottom. Each block has a note name on it. You can move the blocks using the arrow keys. Your job is to put blocks together that form the type you selected. Let's say you selected "Major Triad." Then you need to put together major chords. They can be in any key and in any position so long as they are in the correct order. For example:

When you put together correct blocks you receive points and the blocks disappear. You will then hear a demonstration of the type you picked (e.g. a major chord, dorian scale). The game ends when a block stack reaches the top.

Level

There are three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. The Easy level tends to favor easier keys like C, D, E, F, G, and A, as the difficulty increases more difficult keys are added, including some using double-sharps and double-flats for hard mode.

High Scores

High Scores are kept for everyone who plays the game and can be viewed by selecting "High Scores." For members the game also keeps track of their personal best.

UFO

Every once in a while a UFO will fly be. This signals that the game is speeding up. That or the invasion is about to begin...

Types

The following intervals, scales, and chords are included. Some of them are fairly obscure. Experiment with our Music Theory Calculator to get a handle on some of the tougher types.

Intervals	Scales	Chords
major 2nd major 3rd major 6th major 7th unison perfect 4th perfect 5th octave minor 2nd minor 3rd minor 6th minor 7th augmented unison augmented 2nd augmented 3rd augmented 4th augmented 5th augmented 6th augmented 7th augmented 8th diminished unison diminished 2nd diminished 3rd diminished 4th diminished 5th diminished 6th diminished 7th diminished octave major 9th major 10th major 13th major 14th perfect 11th perfect 12th perfect 15th minor 9th minor 10th minor 13th minor 14th augmented 9th augmented 10th augmented 11th augmented 12th augmented 13th augmented 14th augmented 15th diminished 9th diminished 10th diminished 11th diminished 12th diminished 13th diminished 14th diminished 15th	Major Minor Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian Blues Dominant Major pentatonic Minor pentatonic Dominant pentatonic Hindu pentatonic Melodic minor Lydian dominant Altered dominant Diminished whole tone Locrian #2 Diminished Symmetrical dominant Whole tone Bebop major Bebop dorian Bebop dominant Bebop lydian Bebop lydian dominant Bebop minor Bebop minor no. 2 Bebop harmonic minor Bebop melodic minor Harmonic minor Double harmonic Harmonic major Harmonic major #2 Augmented Jewish Spanish Lydian augmented Hindu Ionian #5 Altered augmented Lydian +2 Lydian +2 +6 Slonimsky no. 17 Slonimsky no. 18 Leading whole tone Lydian minor Lydian melodic minor Mixolydian b6 Dorian b2 Aeolian dominant Oriental dominant Neopolitan major Neoploitan minor	Major Triad Minor Triad Augmented Triad Diminished Triad maj 7 maj 6 maj7b5 add 9 maj 9 maj 6/9 maj7#5 min 7 min 6 m7b5 min add9 min 9 min (maj7) min(maj9) m9b5 min 6/9 7 sus 7 7b5 7#5 9 9b5 9#5 7b9 7#9 7#5b9 7#5#9 7b5b9 7b5#9 13 13b9 13#9

System Requirements

Works with any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) with an internet browser (that's you if you are reading this) running flash player 8 or higher.
Chances are very good you won't need to install anything, but if you are experiencing difficulty visit Adobe's Flash Download Page.

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