Understanding · level L112

Spot the misspelling

Reading a spelling is a different skill from producing one, so here the names are given to you and something is wrong with them.

Sometimes a name is missing and you name the gap. Sometimes one name is spelled wrong — and a wrong name is always the RIGHT LETTER with the wrong accidental, because that is the mistake people actually make.

C major shown as C, E♭, G has the right three letters. Only the accidental betrays it. Tap the intruder.

Right letter, wrong accidental — or one name missing

A♯
B♯
C♯
D♯
E♯
F♯
G♯
A
B
C1
D
E
F
G5
A♭
B♭
C♭
D♭
E♭?
F♭
G♭

C major should be C, E, G. The E♭ is the intruder — tap it.

Practise this in the trainer — it opens with this lesson the first time the concept comes up.