𝄞 Clefwork

Beginner level

Level 1

Start your journey into reading music.

Prerequisites
No prior musical knowledge required.
Pace
Start at your own pace.
You'll be able to
Recognize basic notes, clefs, and rhythms.

1. Theory lessons

  1. 1. The staff and the two clefs

    Where notes live, and how a clef tells you which note is which.

  2. 2. Note durations and rests

    How long each note lasts, and how silence is written.

  3. 3. Bars, time signatures and counting

    How beats are grouped, and how to count out loud.

  4. 4. From staff to keyboard

    Find any written note on the piano, and read by steps and skips.

2. Interactive practice

Note-reading drill in treble and bass (no ledger lines), keyboard, metronome.

Open practice tools

3. Level test

Every question from this level's lessons, one after another. Aim for 90% before moving up.

Take the beginner test

4. Workbook

Name the notes · Count the beats

Open workbook

5. Songs & PDF

Mary Had a Little Lamb · Hot Cross Buns · Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star · Ode to Joy · Au Clair de la Lune (bass clef)

Read the songs Beginner PDF