Can’t read the staff yet? Start here.

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1. 1

   The treble clef

   The lines and spaces of the right-hand staff, and the trick that makes them stick.

   Drill treble notes → Read the guide
2. 2

   The bass clef

   Same idea, other hand. Most people find this the harder one — it is only unfamiliar.

   Drill bass notes → Read the guide
3. 3

   Both hands at once

   Reading two staves as one system: the grand staff, and where middle C sits between them.

   Read two-hand notes → Read the guide
4. 4

   Rhythm

   Note values, rests, and keeping time — tapped against a beat, marked early or late.

   Tap a rhythm → How it works
5. 5

   Key signatures

   Which notes are sharp or flat before you even start — the order of sharps and flats.

   Drill key signatures → Read the guide
6. ✓

   Now read a real passage

   A few bars from a real piece at level 1 — one hand, stepwise, the cursor waits for you. That’s sight reading; everything above was for this.

   Read your first passage →