The course

Seventy-two days to actually playing

One chapter a day, 30–55 minutes each. Every chapter has diagrams, something to actually play, a minigame, and homework to take away.

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Start Day 1
Level 0

Your instrument and your body

0/6 days

Before you can play you need to know what is in front of you, what each key is called, and how to sit so you can play for an hour without hurting.

Day 1
What exactly did you just buy?25 min
Day 2
The map on the keyboard25 min
Day 3
Seven note names and the octave25 min
Day 4
Posture, hands, and five fingers25 min
Day 5
Semitones, whole tones, and the black keys25 min
Day 6
Level 0 review25 min
Level 1

Rhythm and reading

0/12 days

Music is sound placed on time. This level gets your timing steady first, then teaches you to read the page.

Day 7
What rhythm is: beat and tempo25 min
Day 8
Note values: whole, half, quarterPro
Day 9
Rests: silence with a lengthPro
Day 10
Bars and the 4/4 time signaturePro
Day 11
3/4, 2/4, and where the accent fallsPro
Day 12
The staff and the treble clefPro
Day 13
The bass clef and the grand staffPro
Day 14
Ledger lines and notes off the staffPro
Day 15
Dotted notes and tiesPro
Day 16
Sixteenths and syncopationPro
Day 17
Reading fasterPro
Day 18
Level 1 reviewPro
Level 2

Scales and keys

0/12 days

A scale is a set of notes that belong together. Learn the formula and you can build one in any key — and finally understand why a song sounds like it holds together.

Day 19
The major scale formulaPro
Day 20
C major and right-hand fingeringPro
Day 21
C major left hand, then both togetherPro
Day 22
G and D major, and sharpsPro
Day 23
F and B♭ major, and flatsPro
Day 24
Key signaturesPro
Day 25
The circle of fifthsPro
Day 26
The natural minor scalePro
Day 27
Harmonic and melodic minorPro
Day 28
Relative major and minorPro
Day 29
Pentatonic and blues scalesPro
Day 30
Level 2 reviewPro
Level 3

Chords

0/14 days

Chords are several notes at once. This level runs from two-note intervals all the way to reading the chord chart of a real song.

Day 31
Intervals: measuring the distancePro
Day 32
Major triadsPro
Day 33
Minor triadsPro
Day 34
Diminished and augmentedPro
Day 35
Chord inversionsPro
Day 36
Voice leadingPro
Day 37
The chords of a keyPro
Day 38
Roman numerals and the progressions everyone usesPro
Day 39
Dominant seventh chordsPro
Day 40
maj7, m7, m7♭5, and dim7Pro
Day 41
sus2, sus4, and add9Pro
Day 42
Slash chords and a moving bassPro
Day 43
Reading chord charts and lead sheetsPro
Day 44
Level 3 reviewPro
Level 4

Two hands, for real

0/14 days

Theory has to become sound. Left-hand patterns, the pedal, dynamics, and playing a whole song from chord symbols alone.

Day 45
Basic left-hand patternsPro
Day 46
Arpeggios and broken chordsPro
Day 47
Alberti bassPro
Day 48
The ballad patternPro
Day 49
The eighth-note pop patternPro
Day 50
Melody and chords in one handPro
Day 51
The sustain pedal and when to press itPro
Day 52
Dynamics and shaping a linePro
Day 53
Legato and staccatoPro
Day 54
Tempo markings and rubatoPro
Day 55
TransposingPro
Day 56
Playing from chords alonePro
Day 57
Improvising with the pentatonicPro
Day 58
Level 4 reviewPro
Level 5

Advanced

0/14 days

The level that separates playing correctly from playing beautifully: richer harmony, harder rhythm, and how to practise so you actually improve.

Day 59
Secondary dominantsPro
Day 60
Borrowed chordsPro
Day 61
ii–V–I and rootless voicingsPro
Day 62
Tensions: 9, 11, and 13Pro
Day 63
Tritone substitutionPro
Day 64
ReharmonisationPro
Day 65
Walking bassPro
Day 66
The twelve-bar bluesPro
Day 67
Gospel and R&B licksPro
Day 68
Advanced rhythm: 6/8 and polyrhythmPro
Day 69
Advanced sight-readingPro
Day 70
A practice routine that actually worksPro
Day 71
Arranging a song of your ownPro
Day 72
Where to go from herePro