Keeping Going
Playing through in time without stopping to fix — the habit that separates reading from decoding. Timed passages that carry on past your mistakes, so you learn to keep the pulse.
Your First Passages
Quarters and halves in C — read it through, don't stop to fix.
Start →Stepping in Eighths
Add eighth notes — twice the pace between beats, still in C.
Start →A Gentle Waltz
Three beats to the bar — feel the 3/4 lilt and keep counting.
Start →Reading in G
A new key signature — one sharp (F♯) to keep in mind throughout.
Start →Dotted Rhythms
Dotted figures stretch a note past the beat — hold, then catch up.
Start →A Mixed Read
Quarters, halves, eighths and a few rests — a real little line.
Start →A Longer Line
Eight bars over two lines — keep the pulse through the line break.
Start →Into the Bass Clef
The same steady read, now in the bass clef (left-hand register).
Start →A Bass Line in Eighths
A moving bass line — eighths in the lower register, keep it flowing.
Start →Hands Together
Both hands on the grand staff — read a treble and a bass line at once, note against note.
Start →Hands Together, Flowing
Grand staff with a little more motion in both hands — keep them locked together.