How to learn to hear chord quality?

They ain't all that evil.
One is doable on a good VI, and two are beyond Parker, Brecker and even Rousseau.
Great during lightning storms as opposed to a Rhodes.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_PzG_qbn8U

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0aKg3EKGg

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLvaEnaVUo

Amazing! I well remember practicing and playing Bach's Cello Suite nr 1 on classical guitar (less well than this performance!). It's such a wonderful piece. I always had the association of a 'waterfall' when playing it, based on the way the notes often just seemed to tumble over each other. I still love this piece, played on any instrument!
 
Makes it a D11
Yes. So context is everything. Same notes, but a very different prospect with a change of bass note - and that bass note doesn’t have to be a note in that original set of 4 (or more).

E works too, for a start - just sit at a keyboard and try stuff out. You’ll be surprised at what does work.
 
You can learn “everything “ about harmony from good books, a good teacher or online.

When I was at college 3rd year harmony was taken by a guy who had the knowledge but wasn’t the best at imparting it. Frequently, most of the class were confused.

I understood quite a bit (after the classes) but making shapes with my fingers (noodling around) on the keyboard. When I found a nice sound, I looked at it and worked out what was going on - I learned a lot about harmony this way, even though I was on a formal jazz course.
 
I think the whole “hearing “ inversions is a classical aural practice
Yeah.
There's a YouTube channel/teacher who focuses on "classical" (late baroque ?) / four voice arrangement, harmonisation etc. .. so vertical chords and these lovely Rules about parallel 5ths etc. And he often has examples where this or that inversion will work while some other inversion won't... And, as Colin says, it's all about the sequence.
 
Yeah.
There's a YouTube channel/teacher who focuses on "classical" (late baroque ?) / four voice arrangement, harmonisation etc. .. so vertical chords and these lovely Rules about parallel 5ths etc. And he often has examples where this or that inversion will work while some other inversion won't... And, as Colin says, it's all about the sequence.
Yes parallel 5ths and octaves. Unacceptable in Baroque times but beautiful in Impressionism.
 
Reviving this thread because what a difference a few months makes.

I stopped doing regular ear training practice I think shortly after this thread. However I just started a 10 week in-person ear training class and one of the week one exercises was recognizing chord triad qualities, and now I hear them around 90% of the time. :confused2:
 

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