Learn music theory, one small step at a time
Start with the musical alphabet, find your way around the staff, then explore note reading and rhythm. Each tutorial combines real examples with small, encouraging checks.
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Your First Notes: Find C and Explore the Keyboard
Start from zero · Reading notes
Play the labelled keys, learn their seven names, then find C without the labels. No instrument or musical knowledge needed.
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Meet the Staff: Lines, Spaces and Moving Notes
Start from zero · Reading notes
Turn high and low sounds into a picture. Move a note, find its line or space, and follow a short pattern before learning clef names.
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Treble Clef Notes: Landmarks, Lines and Spaces
Start from zero · Reading notes
Start at treble-clef G, read the lines and spaces, then connect written notes to piano keys and sound. Try guided checks without ledger lines or accidentals.
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Bass Clef Notes: Landmarks, Lines and Spaces
Start from zero · Reading notes
Find fourth-line F and read bass-clef lines and spaces. Compare written notes with piano keys and sound, then try checks limited to the notes taught here.
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Middle C and Ledger Lines: Connect Treble and Bass Clefs
Grade 1 · Reading notes
Follow staff landmarks to the same middle C in two clefs, then read the spaces and ledger lines around it.
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Grouping Notes and Rests: ABRSM Grade 2
Grade 2 · Rhythm and metre
Learn beaming and rest grouping with correct/incorrect examples, short rules and 19 exercises.
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