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Oct 22, 15:29 in ToneGym Official
How To Find the Key of a Song: The Benefits of Training Your Ears
Ever put on a song and instantly felt where “home” is? 🏠

That’s your ear finding the tonic, the note everything else gravitates back to. Once you can hear it, figuring out a song’s key gets a lot less mysterious.

Our new article walks through how to find the key of any song by ear: locating that center of gravity, telling major from minor (and sorting out those sneaky relative keys like C major and A minor), and checking your answer by playing along.

Give it a read, then try it on the next song you hear today. 🎧
👉 https://www.tonegym.co/blog/item?id=how-to-find-the-key-of-a-song
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ToneGym
Oct 22, 13:02 in ToneGym Olympics
Progressions Champ Winner, Oct. 19th - Oct. 22nd:

1st: @John Huang 76 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 74 pts
3rd: @Cuantas Vacas 67 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=BIGJZYYWFX0
Congrats @Nicolas Nuñez for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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well done!
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J K
Oct 21, 19:03
Congrats @Samuel Andersen for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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nice job!
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sooooo funny😅
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Colin Aiken
Oct 20
Fantastic work!
Intervals Champ Winner, Oct. 15th - Oct. 19th:

1st: @John Huang 65 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 56 pts
3rd: @Stefan Strohmaier 46 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=KBEAC25PVGR
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nice
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Colin Aiken
Oct 20
Very cool!
Congrats @Gary Kelly for completing the 'Complete Music' program!
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nicely done
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Colin Aiken
Oct 20
Incredible accomplishment!
I can't hear the difference from major and minor chords and keys. I've been stuck on level 1 of Chordelius for a while. Sometimes major sounds major and its obvious, but usually it sounds minor to me and I choose wrong, and same thing for minor. What do I do?
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Nick W
Oct 18
I suggest, keep practising here on ToneGym a little every day! Breaking through these aural barriers is what it is for :D
Someone already pointed out you can practise using the 'exercises' rather than the 'Games' for even faster feedback on your answers

Good luck with your practise \m/
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technical exercises like playing all the Maj chords then playing all the min chords, or fun stuff like swapping those chords in songs you already know to hear the difference
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A couple questions:

- How skilled are you at determining intervals? Chordelius lets you listen to the same chord multiple times before giving your answer, so there's no harm in taking the time to try to hear each note in the chord and the intervals between them.

- Are there any songs you like to listen to or play where you can look up the chords and see which ones are major and which ones are minor? (Those aren't the only types of chords, of course, but they are the most common, so surely it's possible to find one you can learn to recognize.)
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ToneGym
Oct 16 in ToneGym Cafe
Queen had a genius for chord progressions that could bottle a feeling, this breakdown reveals exactly what makes those progressions so emotionally unstoppable 🎹👑
The Chord Progression of Champions
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11 min
David Bennett Music Theory
Congrats @Avery Bound for winning the Golden Ears Award!
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Colin Aiken
Oct 16
Fabulous!