Curriculum
Your 12-week plan
What you should aim to achieve, two weeks at a time. The phase highlighted as Currentis where to focus next — it’s the earliest phase that still has incomplete nodes. Phases unlock as their prerequisites mature.
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Overall
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Weeks 1-2
CurrentOrientation
Find the keyboard. Find the beat. Match a single sung pitch.
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mastered
Progress0.0h / 16.3hBy the end of this phase: By the end you can find any white key, tap a steady pulse, and sing back a single note in tune.
12 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 5 ready · 7 locked
- Practice loop habits1.25hReady
- Posture and bench setup1hReady
- Finger numbers and hand shape1.25hLocked
- Keyboard landmarks1.5hReady
- Two-black-key groups1hLocked
- Three-black-key groups1hLocked
- Middle C orientation1.25hLocked
- Pulse finding1.75hReady
- Steady quarter notes1.25hLocked
- Vocal pitch match2hReady
- Melodic contour: up, down, same1.5hLocked
- Black-key improvisation1.5hLocked
Weeks 3-4
Timing & pitch
Sing back short patterns, find the tonic, and feel meter in 2s and 3s.
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mastered
Progress0.0h / 22.8hBy the end of this phase: By the end you can sing 3-note patterns, identify the tonic, and tell duple from triple meter.
14 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 0 ready · 14 locked
- Subdivision and meter2hLocked
- Quarter and half-note reading1.5hLocked
- Eighth-note subdivision1.75hLocked
- Rests and silent counting1.5hLocked
- 2/4 and 4/4 meter1.25hLocked
- 3/4 meter1.25hLocked
- Metronome start-stop control1.25hLocked
- Hands-alone rhythm transfer1.5hLocked
- Short sing-back2hLocked
- Step vs skip hearing1.5hLocked
- Major 2nd, 3rd, and 5th color1.75hLocked
- Tonic finding2hLocked
- Do-re-mi-sol-la singing1.75hLocked
- Call-and-response phrases1.75hLocked
Weeks 5-6
Reading & touch
Decode the staff and play with controlled, intentional fingers.
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mastered
Progress0.0h / 23.8hBy the end of this phase: By the end you can sight-read a 4-bar phrase and play it with even legato or detached touch.
16 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 0 ready · 16 locked
- Treble staff landmarks1.5hLocked
- Bass staff landmarks1.5hLocked
- Grand staff orientation1.5hLocked
- Note values on the staff1.5hLocked
- Interval reading: 2nds and 3rds1.5hLocked
- Interval reading: 4ths and 5ths1.5hLocked
- Ledger notes near middle C1.25hLocked
- Four-bar sight reading2hLocked
- C five-finger pattern1.5hLocked
- Legato touch1.5hLocked
- Detached touch1.25hLocked
- Thumb-under preparation1.5hLocked
- Contrary-motion five-finger patterns1.5hLocked
- One-position hand shifts1.5hLocked
- Soft and loud dynamics1.25hLocked
- Two-note slurs1.5hLocked
Weeks 7-8
Harmony & scales
Build major scales and the I–IV–V chords that drive most music.
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mastered
Progress0.0h / 17.0hBy the end of this phase: By the end you can play C and G major scales, build I–IV–V chords, and recognise authentic vs plagal cadences.
10 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 0 ready · 10 locked
- Half steps and whole steps1.5hLocked
- Major scale pattern2hLocked
- C major scale, one octave2hLocked
- G major scale, one octave2hLocked
- Primary chords in C2hLocked
- Broken-chord patterns1.5hLocked
- Authentic and plagal cadences1.5hLocked
- Basic lead-sheet symbols1.5hLocked
- Question-answer phrases1.5hLocked
- C pentatonic improvisation1.5hLocked
Weeks 9-10
Two-hand coordination
Combine melody, accompaniment, and rhythmic independence.
0/8
mastered
Progress0.0h / 14.5hBy the end of this phase: By the end you can play a melody over an independent left hand and choose between drone, blocked, and broken accompaniments.
8 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 0 ready · 8 locked
- Inner hearing before playing1.5hLocked
- Hands-together parallel motion2hLocked
- Melody over left-hand drone1.75hLocked
- Blocked-chord accompaniment2hLocked
- Alberti-lite pattern1.75hLocked
- Two-hand rhythm independence2.25hLocked
- Left-hand pattern choice1.5hLocked
- Transposition by pattern1.75hLocked
Weeks 11-12
Repertoire & performance
Learn full pieces, shape phrases, prepare to perform.
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mastered
Progress0.0h / 15.8hBy the end of this phase: By the end you have three runnable pieces, can pedal cleanly, and can perform a complete runthrough.
7 knowledge points · 0 mastered · 0 in progress · 0 ready · 7 locked
- Phrase shaping and breaths1.5hLocked
- Pedal awareness without blur1.5hLocked
- Repertoire piece 13hLocked
- Repertoire piece 23hLocked
- Repertoire piece 33.5hLocked
- Memorization landmarks1.5hLocked
- Performance runthrough1.75hLocked
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