Follow the highlighted key. The note guide shows where to play.
Piano studio
Small steps. Real progress.
Short lessons to get your hands moving. Learn one idea,
play it, and build from there — starting with your very first note.
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Games
The rest of this page teaches you what the notes are. These seven drill
the other half — getting your hands to find them without you having to
think about it. Every one is scored and keeps a best, so there is
something to beat next time.
Find the note
Learning where the notes live is the whole first hurdle. Black keys come
in groups of two and three — that pattern is your map.
Notes
Range
Intervals
An interval is the distance between two notes, counted in keys. Chords
and scales are both just intervals stacked up, so this is the piece that
makes everything else make sense.
Include
Mode
Chords
Three or four notes at once. Browse the shapes to learn them, then switch
to practice and build them from the name.
Mode
Root
Type
Inversion
CC major
Practise these
Roots
Scales
Ten scale types in all twelve keys, with the fingering worked out for
each hand. The finger numbers under the keys are the point — the notes
are easy, the fingering is what takes practice.
Key
Type
Hand
Order
Octaves
C Major
Progressions
Chords in sequence. Learn a handful of these and you can play along with
an enormous amount of music — the same four chords come round again and
again.