Theory, ear training and sight-singing for players of any instrument, always connected to music you actually play. Lessons run at home, at your teacher's studio, or online, from first fundamentals to AP Music Theory and college placement exams.
Students from about 10 learn note reading, rhythm, key signatures and how chords are built, which tends to speed up everything else they play. Lessons use the student's own instrument and pieces, so theory never feels like abstract homework.
Lessons for kidsHigh schoolers prepare for the AP Music Theory exam, from part-writing and harmonic analysis to melodic dictation and sight-singing, and music-school applicants get ready for the theory and ear-training placement tests many college programs give. Band, orchestra and choir students also get help with the sight-reading in GMEA auditions.
Lessons for teensAdults who play by ear and want to understand what they're doing, church musicians who need to transpose on the spot, and songwriters hungry for more chords. Your teacher explains theory in the language of your instrument and your music, not a textbook's.
Lessons for adultsEvery student gets goals and a weekly practice plan. Here's roughly how music theory lessons progress. Your teacher adjusts it to you.
Your teacher finds out what you already know with a few quick questions and listening exercises (never a scary test) and asks what you want theory to do for you. You'll learn one thing you can use on your instrument that day and leave with a plan, whether the goal is a May exam date or finally understanding the songs you play.
A notebook or staff paper, a pencil, and your instrument if you play one. A keyboard or piano app helps for hearing chords. AP students will get pointed toward practice materials and released exam questions. Nothing to buy before you talk to us.
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Pick what fits your week. You can change it any time, and many families mix all three.
Your teacher comes to you, same day and time each week. No drive, no waiting room, no car-line shuffle. Kids learn on the instrument they actually practice on.
Learn in a real working musician's space: their instruments, their recording setup, a room built for music. A great fit for drums, advanced players and anyone who likes a change of scene.
The same teacher, live on video. Perfect for busy weeks, travel, sick days and families outside our in-home area. Many students mix online with in-person.
Yes. Your teacher works through the whole exam: written theory, analysis, part-writing, melodic and harmonic dictation, and sight-singing. The listening and singing sections are the hardest to practice alone, so lessons spend real time there. Starting in the fall and taking practice tests in the spring works best.
No, but most students do, and connecting theory to an instrument makes it stick. Singers, producers and songwriters study theory too. A keyboard of any kind is the most useful tool, because it lays every chord out in front of you.
Ear training is learning to recognize intervals, chords, rhythms and melodies by sound. It can absolutely be learned with regular practice. Students usually notice it first when the songs they hear start making sense on their instrument.
Very likely. Many music schools give theory and ear-training placement tests around audition time, and placing well can keep a student out of catch-up courses. Your teacher can review fundamentals, keyboard skills and sight-singing so placement day isn't a surprise.
Yes. Understanding chord functions, scales and common progressions helps you predict where a song is going, which is most of playing by ear. Improvisers use the same knowledge to choose notes on purpose instead of by luck.
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