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MUSIC LESSONS

Interactive music lessons

Each lesson focuses on one short goal and is played step by step on a virtual instrument. The program checks the notes and beats you play straight away and keeps your progress on this device only. Lesson pages show the suggested grade, the duration, the notes used and short notes for teachers.

Learn Piano

40 lessons · Grades 1–4 · Free play: Piano

Meeting the Piano

  1. Meet the piano keys Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  2. Black keys and white keys Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  3. Finding C Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  4. Learning D and E Grades 1–2 · 6 min
  5. Learning F, G and A Grades 1–3 · 6 min
  6. Playing the whole scale: C to C Grades 1–3 · 7 min

Learning the Notes

  1. Press the note I say Grades 1–3 · 5 min
  2. Play the note you see Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  3. Find the note you hear Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  4. Low to high: putting notes in order Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  5. High to low: putting notes in order Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  6. Mixed-up note game Grades 2–4 · 8 min

Rhythm and Melody

  1. Long and short sounds Grades 1–3 · 6 min
  2. Playing quarter notes in time Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  3. Half notes and quarter notes Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  4. Echoing three-note melodies Grades 1–4 · 6 min
  5. Playing five-note melodies Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  6. Repeating a melody I hear Grades 3–4 · 8 min

Playing My First Songs

  1. C–D–E melodies Grades 1–3 · 8 min
  2. My first five-note song Grades 2–4 · 10 min
  3. An eight-bar melody Grades 3–4 · 12 min
  4. A short right-hand song Grades 3–4 · 12 min
  5. Making my own melody Grades 2–4 · 10 min
  6. Beginner piano check-up Grades 3–4 · 15 min

Starting to Play with Two Hands

  1. Meeting my left hand Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  2. Reading the bass clef Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  3. Taking turns with my hands Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  4. Playing with both hands together Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  5. Mirror moves: hands in opposite directions Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  6. Left-hand bass, right-hand melody Grades 3–4 · 10 min

My First Chords

  1. The C major chord Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  2. The F and G chords Grades 3–4 · 9 min
  3. Accompanying with chords Grades 3–4 · 10 min
  4. Happy or sad? Major and minor chords Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  5. Keeping the beat with broken chords Grades 3–4 · 9 min

Reading, Rhythm, Memory and Songs

  1. Climbing up the staff Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  2. Eighth notes and rests Grades 3–4 · 9 min
  3. Melody memory chain Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  4. Waltz in three-four time Grades 3–4 · 10 min
  5. A little two-hand concert Grades 3–4 · 15 min

Learn Drums

12 lessons · Grades 1–4 · Free play: Drums

Pulse and Tempo

  1. Keeping a steady pulse Grades 1–2 · 4 min
  2. Slow and fast tempo Grades 1–3 · 5 min
  3. Keeping the pulse when the metronome stops Grades 2–4 · 5 min

Reading Rhythms

  1. Reading quarter notes and rests Grades 1–3 · 6 min
  2. Eighth notes: ti-ti Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  3. Three-four time: ONE-two-three Grades 2–4 · 6 min

Playing Together and Creating

  1. Bass drum and snare together Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  2. Rhythm memory chain Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  3. Playing along with music (ostinato) Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  4. Question and answer: replying with my own rhythm Grades 3–4 · 8 min
  5. Writing my own rhythm Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  6. Rhythm check-up Grades 3–4 · 12 min

Learn Trumpet

8 lessons · Grades 1–4

Meeting the Trumpet

  1. Three open notes: slow, medium and fast air Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  2. Low sound or high sound? Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  3. The first valves: F and E Grades 1–3 · 6 min

Five Notes and Breath

  1. Five notes from C to G Grades 2–3 · 7 min
  2. Playing the note on the staff Grades 2–4 · 7 min
  3. Long and short sounds, rhythm with breath Grades 2–4 · 8 min

Ears, High Notes and a Song

  1. Listen and play: melody echo Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  2. High notes and my first trumpet song Grades 3–4 · 10 min

Learn Recorder

12 lessons · Grades 1–4 · Free play: Recorder

Meeting the Recorder

  1. Meeting the recorder Grades 1–4 · 4 min
  2. Learning the finger holes Grades 1–4 · 4 min
  3. Playing G, A and B Grades 1–4 · 4 min

My First Notes

  1. Learning high C and D Grades 1–4 · 4 min
  2. Playing E and F Grades 1–4 · 4 min
  3. Learning low C and D Grades 1–4 · 4 min

Learning to Play

  1. Finding the right fingering Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  2. Echoing three-note melodies Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  3. Playing five-note melodies Grades 2–4 · 6 min

My First Songs

  1. Playing recorder in rhythm Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  2. My first recorder song Grades 2–4 · 6 min
  3. Recorder beginner review Grades 2–4 · 6 min

Learn Xylophone

12 lessons · Grades 1–4 · Free play: Xylophone

Meeting the Xylophone

  1. Meeting the parts of the xylophone Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  2. Exploring the bars and their sounds Grades 1–2 · 5 min
  3. Playing C, D and E Grades 1–2 · 6 min

Learning the Notes

  1. Learning F and G Grades 1–3 · 6 min
  2. Playing A, B and high C Grades 1–3 · 7 min
  3. Putting notes in order from low to high Grades 2–3 · 7 min

Rhythm and Melody

  1. Finding the notes I see Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  2. Playing back three notes I hear Grades 2–4 · 8 min
  3. Playing with quarter and half notes Grades 2–4 · 8 min

My First Songs

  1. Playing five-note melodies Grades 2–4 · 9 min
  2. Learning my first xylophone song Grades 3–4 · 10 min
  3. Beginner xylophone check-up Grades 3–4 · 12 min