First page
Read piano music from nothing, in seven short lessons and about 23 minutes. Each one explains one thing, shows it on a real page and lets you try it: on a MIDI keyboard, on the keys on screen, or by tapping the answer. The last one is a page you play.
Start lesson 1Already read a little? Take the reading check instead: a few minutes of cards that find your level.
The lessons
- 1The keyboardFind any note on the keys by its letter.3 min
- 2The staffSee from the page whether the music goes up or down, by a step or a skip.3 min
- 3The treble clefName and play the five notes from middle C up to G.4 min
- 4The bass clef and the grand staffTell which hand plays a note, and read the five notes from middle C down to F.4 min
- 5The beatCount and tap quarter, half and whole notes in time.3 min
- 6What else is on a pageTell what rests, bar lines, finger numbers, sharps, key signatures and p ask of you.3 min
- 7Your first pagePlay a page of music from the page.3 min
Why these seven
Of the 719 pieces in Clefsight's library, 292 have no sharps or flats in the key signature, 574 count two, three or four beats to a bar, and 72 % of their notes need no ledger line. The frame of a page is small. Once you can see it, a few minutes a day of drills fill in the notes.
After the course, the reading guides go further into each part: the treble clef, the bass clef, ledger lines, rhythm and key signatures.