Dorehmefundamentals
The universal starting point. Learn the keyboard, read music, play chords, and build everything you need to start playing real pieces.
Module 1
Understand the keyboard layout: white keys, black keys, octaves, and note names.
Module 2
Sit and hold your hands correctly at the piano, then learn to read the staff and clefs — everything you need before playing your first note.
Module 3
Find Middle C, read it on the staff, and play your first note.
Module 4
Learn what a measure is and how to read a time signature — the structure behind every rhythm you're about to learn.
Module 5
Learn every note duration — half, quarter, and eighth notes — then apply them inside real measures, including 4/4 and 3/4 time. All on Middle C, so you can focus entirely on rhythm.
Module 6
Learn D, E, F, and G one at a time, building up to the full five-finger C position.
Module 7
Learn A and B to complete all seven natural notes, breaking out of the fixed C position.
Module 8
Learn to read the bass staff and play your first left-hand notes, alone and with the right hand.
Module 9
Learn the smallest distances between piano keys — the building blocks of scales and accidentals.
Module 10
Read and observe musical silence — rests for every note duration you've learned.
Module 11
Learn dotted rhythms and tied notes — the patterns that show up in almost every real piece.
Module 12
Learn to read and play accidentals — the notation for every black key on the piano.
Module 13
Play the first scale — the skeleton of every melody in the key of C — hands separately, with correct fingering.
Module 14
Stack thirds to build your first chords, hear major vs minor, and play the three chords that harmonize almost any melody in C.
Module 15
Build real independence between the hands, from a simple held note to a complete 8-bar piece.
Module 16
Learn what tempo means, the common Italian markings, and how to lock in with a metronome.
Module 17
Learn to play at distinct volume levels and read dynamic markings — the emotional shape of a phrase.
Module 18
Learn legato and staccato — how you begin and release a note shapes its character entirely.
Module 19
Navigate repeats, first/second endings, and D.C. al Fine — the roadmap symbols of real sheet music.
Module 20
Read and play notes above the staff using ledger lines, extending your range up to G5.
Module 21
You made it. Three complete pieces that bring together everything from Fundamentals — play them start to finish.