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@Dima G would you suggest to a person who struggle with the exercise ignore it, how would one go about learning inversions other way?
I'm asking this because I'm struggling with the exercise and turned it off from daily workouts

@Question Toothbrush I just wouldn't practice it. What I would practice is when hearing a chord, trying to sing all the chord tones that go into it and identifying the root. Then you can figure out which voice is on top and which one is on the bottom. But it's way easier to do in a context of a song. In a context of a song you wouldn't just identify the inversions based on each chord. Like I mentioned previously, you'll hear the bass go to the third degree of the scale, but the chord sounds like a I chord, and not like a iii chord, so it means it's a I in the first inversion. It matters a lot what chord it is functionally within a progression.

I think chord crush goes into chord inversions within progressions, but only after all the diatonic chords are covered and even some of the secondary dominants. So I'd say, don't be too worried about inversions till you can reliably identify chords within simple pop songs. After that study the most common inversions and why they are used (to facilitate voice leading in the bass most likely). For example — I V6 vi progression, the V6 is the first inversion of a V chord, so the bass will move smoother like do-ti-la instead of do-sol-la. Way more context and more practical this way.

It's difficult for me too. I'm making steady progress by listening to the chord and singing the tonic. Then listening to the chord and singing the highest pitch. Then singing the highest pitch followed by the tonic, or sometimes it feels more natural to sing all the chord tones and figure out the relationship of the highest pitch to the tonic. I also find it easier to hear the the Rhodes piano instrument. Keep working at it, it gets easier.

With any apple product. ToneGym works best when you open it in google chrome

Here’s a glitch I see on my iPad, and maybe this will help some folks.

When I am playing games that requrire a sing back (Melody Jay, Sofegiator, etc), when I get into the game and it asks if I would allow microphone, I click “allow.” IF I have my AirPods in, I literally have to take them out of my ears and re-connect them - otherwise it reverts back to the iPad speaker and usually can’t pic up the mic.

Really odd.

i would suggest trying different web browsers. there's a few available on iphone. one may not have the same issues as others

Congratulations! Great job!

Awesome!

You're on fire!! Congratulations!

what is the tool?

@Benjamin Jack Thanks for the inspiration!

@Andrew Shewaga - in many of the games (like Route VI) in the lower right hand corner of the playing field, there is a scale icon. When you answer a question, you can click the scale (or click the letter “C” on your keyboard) it will freeze the game and allow you to hear all of the options. In the case of Route VI, it allows you to hear each chord progression answer so you can compare how they sound to one another. In other games like Chordelius, it will let you hear each chord, and I believe it arpeggiates each chord as well. Same for Inversionist.