Bass · Walking Lines
Identify Chord Progressions by Ear
Reach 60% accuracy on Beginner chord progressions.
Lesson
Hear the changes
Walking bass requires you to hear chord changes coming a beat or two ahead. The Chord Progression game is the fastest way to train that.
The drill
Open Chord Progression Identification on Beginner. Listen to a 4-chord loop, identify the progression. Aim for 10 correct at 60% accuracy.
What this builds
- Pattern recognition — most pop and jazz songs use a small handful of progressions.
- Anticipation — your ear learns to predict where the harmony is going next, which is exactly what walking bass needs.
- Vocabulary — the more progressions you can name by ear, the easier it is to fake your way through any tune.
Auto-completes when your Beginner Chord Progression stats hit 10 correct at 60% accuracy.
Practice in a Game
This lesson auto-completes when you hit the target in-game. Open the linked game and play until your stats meet the criteria.
This lesson tracks automatically as you play.