Tenuto Music Theory

Welcome to tenuto music theory app.

Tenuto is a collection of 24 highly-customizable exercises designed to enhance your musicality. From recognizing chords on a keyboard to identifying intervals by ear, it has an exercise for you. Tenuto also includes six musical calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

A short description of the exercises and calculators follows. For a full list of all available customizations, visit the "Developer Website" link on this page or open http://tenuto.link/features/ in your web browser.

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• Note Identification

• Key Signature Identification

• Interval Identification

• Scale Identification

• Chord Identification

Tap the button corresponding to the written staff line. For example: if shown a C, E, and G with a sharp; tap the "Augmented Triad" button.

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• Note Construction

• Key Signature Construction

• Interval Construction

• Scale Construction

• Chord Construction

Construct the specified label by moving notes and/or adding accidentals. For example: if shown a C and an "Augmented 4th" label, move the second note to F and add a sharp.

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• Keyboard Reverse Identification

Tap the piano key corresponding to the written note on the staff. While similar to Note Identification, this exercise uses a piano keyboard rather than note name buttons.

• Keyboard Note Identification

• Keyboard Interval Identification

• Keyboard Scale Identification

• Keyboard Chord Identification

Tap the button corresponding to the highlighted piano key(s). If the C and G keys are highlighted, tap the "P5" (Perfect 5th) button.

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• Fretboard Note Identification

• Fretboard Interval Identification

• Fretboard Scale Identification

• Fretboard Chord Identification

Tap the button corresponding to the marked fretboard position(s). If the 2nd fret of the D string is marked, tap the "E" button.

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• Keyboard Ear Training

• Note Ear Training

Listen to the played reference and question notes. Select the piano key or note button corresponding to the question note.

• Interval Ear Training

• Scale Ear Training

• Chord Ear Training

Tap the button corresponding to the played notes. If E and F are played, tap the "Minor 2nd" button.

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• Accidental Calculator

Display the accidental for a note and key.

• Interval Calculator

Display the interval for a note, type, and key.

• Chord Calculator

Display the scale for a tonic and scale type.

• Chord Calculator

Display the chord for a note, type, and key.

• Analysis Calculator

Display the chord for a symbol and key.

• Matrix Calculator

Display the twelve-tone matrix for a specified tone row.