Scale/ Chord identifier

[chrispurchase]

Hi,

Is there a website or software that will write out a scale or chord for you to identify? I'm still a little slow at identifying them and want to get a bit quicker...

[Ogg Vorbis]

Hi,

Is there a website or software that will write out a scale or chord for you to identify? I'm still a little slow at identifying them and want to get a bit quicker...

Hey Chris,

I know there are some websites out there. I've seen them but I can't remember the names of them.

There was one website that gave you the scale and had you identify them by site and by hearing both. You could do scales, intervals and chords.

I'd suggest that you try to find one that put the hearing and the written aspects together.

Good luck!

[Hotbop]

http://www.dan-nilsson.se/scalefinder/

[chrispurchase]

http://www.dan-nilsson.se/scalefinder/

Thanks for the link but it's not quite what i was after, i want it to do it the other way round it gives me the scale and i name it.

The reason i ask is I have an exam coming as up soon as part of a first year jazz theory paper and one part of it is that we are given written scale/mode or chord, The Parent scale if it has one and then put it into a harmonic progression. so for example you may have an E altered scale written down to identify, you would then go on to say its parent scale is F Jazz Minor and it could function as a dominant chord in a ii-v-i in the key of C Minor (I'm just starting this jazz theory thing so please don't jump on me if this is incorrect...)

The later part of the question i think I'm fine with but I'm just have a bit of trouble quickly being able to identify the scale so am looking for a way to practice this before my exam in a few weeks.

So if you know of anything that maybe emulates the question or could help out please let me know...

[Hotbop]

You may look where the halftones are so you can identify the scale.
My instrument is the guitar, so I tend to picture the notes on the neck
and voila!
E7alt scale can be used when E7 is resolving to Am(7),AM(7),A7
(Dominant function)

Good luck at your examination.