Long-form
Essays, not tutorials — pieces that take a claim the field treats as settled, show the mechanism underneath it, and give a method. Where a claim can be shown rather than asserted, it's shown against the same corpus and player the rest of this site runs on.
- Classical Reads Notes. Jazz Reads Structure.
A chord symbol is one label for a shape you already know; four noteheads make you re-read it every time. What the chord-symbol/function/form layer buys a classical player, with bar-cited examples from Beethoven, Chopin, and Dvořák.
- Hand Independence Is a Lie
Hands-separate practice solves geography, not timing. Hands-together is a relationship between two hands that HS drilling never touches. What a 'hard lock' actually is, and how to drill the composite rhythm directly.
- Does Ear Training Help Sight Reading? An Honest Answer
Partly — and less than most apps suggest. Interval flashcards train a different skill from reading notation at speed. What ear training does and doesn't transfer to, and what to practise instead if reading is your goal.
- The Practice Problem — a manifesto for music software
Ten beliefs behind Real Sight Reader: most of music practice doesn't need the instrument, lesson-book order is tradition not pedagogy, helpers must fade, and streaks measure tapping rather than learning.
- How to Practice Piano Away From the Piano (What Actually Transfers)
You can practice note reading, rhythm, and score study on your phone with no instrument. What genuinely transfers to playing, what doesn't, and how to split your practice so piano time is spent playing.
- Sheet Music Isn't Music Theory
Reading sheet music and understanding music theory are different skills, and neither requires the other. Why the confusion stops people starting, and what each one actually gets you.