Know which kind of instrument you have
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Answer a question on the difference between a digital piano and an electric keyboard. Repeat it until the answer is automatic.
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Every chapter's homework, in one place
All the homework from everything you've studied. Repeat it as often as you like — whatever you're weakest on always comes back to the top first.
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Anything you did badly comes back quickly. Anything you pass several times in a row gets spaced further and further out. Unlimited repeats, and nothing is ever late.
Climb from low to high
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Play five notes in ascending order, training your hand to associate left with low and right with high.
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Take the pattern up to tempo
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Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Find C faster
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Play C five times across different octaves, with no labels. The goal is to stop counting.
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Remember the black-key rule
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Answer a question about how the black-key groups locate C.
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Take the pattern up to tempo
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Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Run the names up an octave
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Play C D E F G A B C in order, saying each name aloud as you press it.
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What is an octave?
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Answer a question about octaves.
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Hunt notes at random
Day 3Never attempted
Find the named note with no labels. Repeat until you can play it without counting.
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Take the pattern up to tempo
Day 3Never attempted
Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Play Hot Cross Buns through
Day 3Never attempted
Right hand, the whole piece at 70% of the written tempo
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Five fingers up and down
Day 4Never attempted
Run up and down the C position without moving your hand. Do this daily until finger 4 stops feeling weak.
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The right finger numbers
Day 4Never attempted
Answer a question about how fingers are numbered.
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Five fingers up to 78
Day 4Never attempted
A looping drill, one tempo rung at a time up to 78 BPM
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Take the pattern up to tempo
Day 4Never attempted
Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Play Mary Had a Little Lamb through
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Right hand, whole piece at 70%, without moving the hand
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The pairs with no black key between
Day 5Never attempted
Answer a question about the white-key pairs that sit only a semitone apart.
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Black keys by name
Day 5Never attempted
Press the black key matching the name. Repeat until it needs no thought.
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A full chromatic octave
Day 5Never attempted
Play a semitone at a time from C to the next C — all thirteen notes.
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Take the pattern up to tempo
Day 5Never attempted
Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Level 0 test
Day 6Never attempted
Every note in an octave, black and white. Aim for over 85% before moving on.
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Play the five-finger piece through
Day 6Never attempted
Right hand, straight through from the top, at 70% of the written tempo
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Take the pattern up to tempo
Day 6Never attempted
Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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Four bars in time
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Tap along for four bars at 72 BPM. Aim for an average error under 80 milliseconds.
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What BPM means
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Answer a question about the meaning of a BPM figure.
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Take the pattern up to tempo
Day 7Never attempted
Today's loop, a notch faster than the lesson version. Repeat it as often as you like — it comes back on its own when it is due.
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