THE JOURNEY
90 songs in the order a piano teacher would give them. 14 worlds, each one adding a single new thing. Finish the last one and every song on this site is within reach.
YOUR PROGRESS0 / 90
- First steps
- Getting fluent
- Real playing
- Full songs
- Mastery
THE WORLDS
Each world adds one new thing. Songs unlock in order.
- 1FIRST FLIGHTOne bird in the sky.0/5WHAT YOU LEARNQuill carries the whole tune. Thump only fills the gaps, so nothing has to be coordinated yet.Five white keys under five fingers, and the hand never moves.Quarter and eighth notes, one meter, no surprises.12345Levels 1 to 5 · 5 songsSTART WORLD 1
- 2THUMP ANSWERSThe blue bird gets a voice.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNThump answers in the gaps Quill leaves. The hands still never sound together.The first black key, and the first key signature to read instead of assume.Triplets: three notes in the time of two.6789101112Levels 6 to 12 · 7 songsREAD AHEAD
- 3BOTH BIRDS FLYBoth birds, one beat.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNThe coordination moment: both hands strike the same instant.It opens on a song of nothing but quarter notes, so landing together is the only new thing.The left hand stays one key, holding while the melody moves.131415161718Levels 13 to 18 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 4MOVING HOUSEThe hand leaves home.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNThe melody outgrows five keys, so the hand learns to move and arrive on time.Keys with two sharps or two flats.Reading past the five-finger box without looking down.19202122232425Levels 19 to 25 · 7 songsREAD AHEAD
- 5WALTZ VALLEYCounting in threes.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARN3/4 and 6/8, after four worlds of nothing but four.Minuet In G: the left hand stops accompanying and sings a tune of its own.Feeling the strong beat come round every three, not every four.262728293031Levels 26 to 31 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 6TINY NOTESFour notes per beat.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNSixteenth notes, in songs that are easy in every other way.Reading a beamed group as one gesture instead of four separate notes.323334353637Levels 32 to 37 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 7THUMP TAKES TWOThe left hand plays two keys at once.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNFifths and octaves underneath the tune: the sound of a real accompaniment.Holding a two-note shape steady while the right hand keeps moving.383940414243Levels 38 to 43 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 8OFF THE BEATLanding between the beats.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNDotted rhythms, swing, and notes that arrive where the beat is not.Holding an even pulse while the tune deliberately misses it.444546474849Levels 44 to 49 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 9QUICK WINGSFaster, and counted in two.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARN2/4 and cut time, where the same notes are counted in two.Tempo confidence: playing quickly without rushing.50515253545556Levels 50 to 56 · 7 songsREAD AHEAD
- 10QUILL TAKES TWOThe right hand plays two keys at once.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNTwo notes under one hand in the melody, which no earlier world has asked for.Keeping the top note singing while the one beneath it holds.575859606162Levels 57 to 62 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 11TIMELESS TUNESThe pieces everyone knows.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNFast triplets, chromatic runs, and both hands moving at once.The classical repertoire a first year builds towards, at the point it becomes playable.636465666768Levels 63 to 68 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 12SIXTEENTH STORMFast notes, full length.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNSixteenths at song tempo across a whole arrangement.Two of the songs here are ones you already played simply, now as written.69707172737475Levels 69 to 75 · 7 songsREAD AHEAD
- 13CHORD TOWERThree notes at once in the left hand.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNReal triads under the melody, held and changed in time.Reading a stack, not a note.767778798081Levels 76 to 81 · 6 songsREAD AHEAD
- 14SKY MASTERWhole songs, start to finish.LOCKEDWHAT YOU LEARNForty to a hundred and ten bars of the biggest songs in the catalogue.Key changes, meter changes, and stamina.Everything at once, which is what playing a song actually is.828384858687888990Levels 82 to 90 · 9 songsREAD AHEAD
HOW THE ORDER WAS SET
Every score in the beginner catalogue was measured note by note on six axes: whether the birds take turns or fly together, how often the hand leaves its five-finger home, what the left hand holds, the smallest note value, the black keys, and the length. The order comes from those measurements, not from the titles.