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Games like route IV, inversionist, and Chordelius are the last you master, route IV being the hardest for me. I’m lvl 100 in chordelius, and lvl 50 in inversions and route IV. You have to get good with harmonic and melodic intervals. When I’m playing the chord games I can hear every interval that makes up the chord which helps a lot

That is interesting I am level 150 in route vi and only 40 in both chordelius and departure being stuck in sus 2 and 4 (basically inversions). These are the three free games. I am mostly here for the community and contests, I rarely play the games.

That is interesting, route. IV is my hardest game. Inversions aren’t that hard I can just hum out the chord intervals. I just haven’t played many games in inversions, I know I can get up to 80 at least if I sit and focus. The departure games I’m lvl 170. I can max those games out if I wanted too also.

If you focus learning what 5-1 sounds like, then you can get by using that and listening for the chord quality. Try to hear the root movement, but I recommend listening for the chord quality first (major/minor/etc). The other thing to study is chord families. There are lots of things to rely on so I'd say don't focus only on the intervals/root movement.

Thanks for your all feedback, much aprreciated! Guess I'll just keep hitting the gym and hope my brain gets better at recognizing those chords. One question though, what do you mean by 5-1? I'm not too very familiar with music theory jargon :(

Sure! I'm referring to the root movement of the V chord to the I chord. I-V-I is probably a lot of what you're hearing in the earliest levels if I recall correctly. It can be characterized like the sound of being home (the tonic or I chord is home), going on a little trip (the dominant or V chord sounds like you're leaving) and returning home (the one chord again). I'm assuming you can count to 7 with roman numerals but come to think of it that's probably not as common a knowledge for non-music-theory-nerds. Watch for your 4 and 6 they are deceptively similar looking but you won't be seeing 6 for a while.

1-5-1 is the oldest trick in the book and is still all over the top 40. There's a lot we could discuss about harmonic overtones and why 5 to 1 is fundamental across cultures, but it's probably better if you look for a few musical examples of the I chord and V chord in action beside each other. The more familiar the better, but there should be plenty for you to choose from.

Also, working on your interval game will help so try not to get tunnel vision on the one exercise.

Knee surgery sounds like a huge thing to go through, I hope you're doing well. Nice to have you back!

Hope you're up and about and that the PT is going well. Keep moving - we missed you!

Have a great recovery, Colin! My aunt went through the same process, and all her knee problems were gone. I'm sending prayers for your fast recovery!

congratulations terry!

Great achievement, Terri!! Congratulations!

Woo! Let's go!