Intervals
Two guitar notes play and you pick the distance: from octaves and fifths up to seconds, the tritone and descending intervals.
Do you have a guitarist's ear?
The ear test for guitarists: 20 questions with guitar sound that measure what you use to figure out songs by ear. Your level from 1 to 10 in about 4 minutes.
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- No sign-up, no email
- Guitar sound
- Works on your phone
Quick try: is this chord major or minor?
Nice! It was minor: D minor, barre chord. It was minor: D minor, barre chord. The third drops one fret and darkens it. Can you get all 20? Take the test →
What the test measures
Not a conservatory exam and not a perfect-pitch test. These are the four things that separate players who rely on tabs from players who figure songs out by ear.
Chords
A strummed chord in a real guitar voicing: major, minor or seventh? The last questions add maj7 and m7.
Tab
You hear a short phrase on one string and pick the tab that matches. It is turning sound into frets, like figuring out a riff.
Strumming
One bar of strumming with ↓↑ arrows: which one did you hear? By the end, options differ by a single off-beat stroke.
How it works
- Listen and answer 20 questions. The four skills take turns and each round gets harder. You can replay every sound.
- Get your level from 1 to 10. With a score per skill, your strength and your weak spot.
- Challenge your friends. Share your card and a link: whoever opens it answers your exact same 20 questions and sees who wins.
After the test: work out songs by ear
A route of 24 lessons where you no longer choose among four options: you find each note on a neck on screen, work out riffs note by note, write down the chords of a progression and mark the strumming you hear. If you miss, you compare your version with the original. You practise with riffs and progressions made for the route, not with commercial songs.
The first 3 lessons are free. The plan costs €7.99 a month or €39 a year, renewing until you cancel, for adults only. The test, the challenge, the daily challenge and one training session a day are always free.
FAQ
Is the ear test free?
Yes. It is free, asks for no sign-up or email and runs in the browser on your phone or computer.
Do I need to read music?
No. Answers are interval and chord names, one-string tabs and strumming arrows. If you play from tabs, you can take it.
Does it measure perfect pitch?
No. It measures relative pitch, the ear a guitarist uses to figure out songs.
How is the level calculated?
The level goes from 1 to 10 and discounts the answers you would get right by guessing: guessing usually gives between 1 and 3, and getting everything right gives 10. 15 correct answers out of 20 give a 7.
What do you do with my data?
Your answers never leave your phone. We only count visits anonymously, without cookies. If you join the daily plan list, we keep your email only to let you know. Details in the privacy policy.