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Without a doubt, musictheory.net is one of the most remarkable online musical tools I've ever encountered. It packages simple sight reading and relative-pitch ear training exercises inside little Flash drills which load in your browser and track your performance as you work through them. I did these every day for years, logging my scores along the way in order to track my progress, during which time my ability to think through and improvise over non-diatonic harmonic figures increased dramatically. Unlike some of the other such training tools out there, these drills are sufficiently randomized such that you'll never have to worry about subconsciously memorizing the sequence of correct answers. They run the gamut from simple single-note exercises to complex jazz chords so almost anybody can reap the benefits -- and if you're confused by even the easiest of 'em, you can take a spin through the lessons first to bring yourself up to speed.