FlashChords - Test your chord knowledge!

This “FlashChords” quiz will allow you to test your recognition of chord shapes, and improve your site-reading skills.

How to play:

Simply pick the instrument that you would like to test yourself on, and a difficulty level, then click the “Start the Quiz” button. You will be presented with a series of chord shapes and then asked to choose the name of each chord from a list of possibilities.

After you answer, the card will flip over to reveal the correct answer.

Hint: after you choose your answer, you can click the card to flip it over and see the chord shape again.

Instrument:

Difficulty Level:

Beginner
Just the basic chords you will learn when you start to play. 5 questions.

Intermediate
All the basic chord family groups, but no sharps or flats; also includes the variants minor 7, major 7, and suspended. 10 questions.

Advanced
Includes all sharps (like C♯) and flats (like D♭), and adds the variants 6, 9, augmented and diminished. 15 questions.

Expert
The Iron Man Triathalon of chord quizzes! Everything from the advanced level, plus 6 more variants. 20 questions.

Need to study first?

Be sure to check out our Chord Reference Pages for guitar, ukuele and mandolin.