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Thanks, but not quite what I need.

I need the quiz to ask me for e.g. an A minor chord and I have one second to hammer it out on a keyboard. Is there anything like that? Or maybe I am not using that site correctly? I can write them out on a paper staff, but I need to play em fast on a real piano.

What Monica said except that I don't worry about erasing them later.

You should learn the "landmark" notes. Then you can quickly identify the note above and below the landmark. For beginners it really helps to know the landmark notes two ledger lines above and below the treble and bass clefs.

If you know that one ledger line above the treble clef is an A, then the note above that is a B. For some reason, it's hard to count beyond that, so it's better to memorize that two ledger lines above is a C and not count up from the one ledger A.

I don't think FACE or other mnemonics works at all. It may work for taking paper exam, it doesn't help when you are sight reading music.

The simple word ACE pretty much gives you all you need for ledger lines.

The top line on the Treble Clef is F so, the next 3 lines are ACE.

The three lines below the Bass Clef from lowest up are ACE.

After you do it enough it becomes automatic.

With chords I still write the chord names over the staff like a lead sheet. Though I also sometimes also put R,1st or 2nd to annotate the inversion too.

The rhythm for me is the easiest part, I was a drummer in High School.

Its not really cheating, because "8va" gives you the notes in a more familiar territory, but you are to play them higher. So that, IMHO, is just as much "cheating" as is writing in the notes, because you are using a crutch to play notes in unfamiliar territory. But its a legal crutch!

@ riley80: if you have a midi keyboard, then the eMusicTheory application can do that http://www.emusictheory.com/software/signUp.muse (it costs $12) and is in my opinion well worth it - I am not affiliated to them)

[quote=Jean-Luc]@ riley80: if you have a midi keyboard,

I don't. Actually, if I weren't so lazy, I'd doctor up my Schaum chart or make up something I can use at the piano, covering the notation. Thanks anyway.