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Practice

Short, playful drills to sharpen your ear and your timing. No grades, no pressure — just play.

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Short warm-ups that pair with the first stages of the lessons.

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Hear the distance
Tell two notes apart by ear
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Rhythm tap
Keep the beat and tap along
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C major scale
Warm up with a one-octave scale
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Sight reading
Read and play notes on the staff
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Finger independence
Strengthen fingers and build control
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When the basics feel steady

A bit more to chew on — chords, keys and reading.

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Chord Trainer
Build triads, minor chords and sevenths, and train a harmonic ear
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Ear Trainer
Train your musical ear on intervals, triads, and melodic memory
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Daily Challenge
Today's short challenge, with bonus XP
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Scales and arpeggios
All 12 major, minor, blues and pentatonic scales, with fingering
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Melodic memory
Listen to a phrase and play it back — the phrases grow slowly
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Sight-Rhythm Notation
Read rhythms from the staff in 4/4, 3/4, 6/8 and 5/4
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For when you want a specific tool

Narrow, demanding drills. Nothing here is required.

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Two rhythms at once
Hands on different pulses — 2:3 and 3:4, with a circular guide
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Steady rhythm
See how evenly you play, and where the pulse drifts
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Naming notes by ear
Recognise notes without a reference, and hear how they relate
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Touch and pedal
Play from pianissimo to fortissimo, and keep the pedal clean
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Tools

Listening helpers you can use with any piece.

🎤What note is this?🎚️Piano tuner🎶Chord listener

Studios & Creative Labs

Compose music, play with rhythm sections and print lead sheets.

🥁Backing Tracks🎷Improv Sandbox👥4-Hand Duets🎼MIDI Composer🖨️Print Studio

Practice is just for fun and warming up — it doesn't affect your lesson progress.