Music learning resources
Practical reading and worksheets for choosing lessons and discussing progress. No signup or contact details required.
Use a small, concrete starting point
If you are choosing a provider, write down one goal, your practical constraints and the questions you need answered. If you are already learning, choose one small task to practise and one thing to listen for.
These resources are general learning and selection aids. They are not a prescribed course, a promise of progress or evidence that a provider is available.
Learning guides
Read chord symbols
Separate added notes, suspensions, extensions and bass instructions.
Decode Roman numerals
Recover one progression in two keys with checked chord spellings.
Identify nonchord tones
Trace passing, neighbour and suspension notes against a timed chord map.
Reconstruct figured bass
Count from the supplied bass and check every reconstructed pitch.
Compare four cadence endings
Use a complete original phrase and reject a middle-of-phrase decoy.
Recognise secondary dominants
Compare complete contexts and preserve uncertainty about a key change.
Borrow from parallel minor
Track the exact changed chord member in a complete harmony sketch.
Check syllabus, edition and errata
Keep book corrections separate from exam eligibility.
Map technical-work coverage
Separate compulsory requirements, alternatives, selection and memory rules.
Explain your score with evidence
Use an original miniature and distinguish score, instrument and historical evidence.
Review and retest theory answers
Diagnose fictional mistakes and attempt new comparable questions.
Read treble and bass clefs
Use staff landmarks, ledger lines and a checked note-reading worksheet.
Read major key signatures
Decode the order and placement of sharps and flats.
Compare three minor scales
Build the natural, harmonic and classical melodic forms.
Compare relative and parallel keys
Separate a shared signature from a shared tonic.
Invert a written interval
Move one note by an octave and check the new number and quality.
Follow repeats and musical returns
Trace an original score route without guessing which bars repeat.
Count unequal groups and changing metre
Track groups of two and three with a constant eighth-note unit.
Build four triad qualities
Check letter spelling, stacked thirds and the root-to-fifth interval.
Identify root, bass and chord inversion
Use actual octave positions to classify an original voicing.
Build five common seventh chords
Compare the triad and seventh, then check your own spellings.
Count a rhythm with a metronome
Try an original two-bar pattern and diagnose where the timing slips.
Read a short original melody
Use a four-bar score, preparation checklist and answer key.
Compare keyboard specifications
Turn a teacher's requirements and model manuals into a useful comparison.
Compare written lesson quotes
Calculate scheduled time, separate extras and check missed-lesson terms.
Prepare an academy visit
Observe the actual lesson and record what still needs confirmation.
Choose a music teacher
Prepare questions and review an introductory lesson.
Choose a first instrument
Consider sound, setup, practice access and ownership costs.
Make online lessons work
Plan the sound, camera and feedback setup.
Plan beginner practice
Build a routine around a small, observable task.
Explore examination pathways
Check current official requirements before choosing an exam.
Consider a child's readiness
Prepare a trial and questions for a prospective teacher.
Teacher comparison worksheet
Copy these prompts into a note, or download the plain-text worksheet. Ask each provider the same questions. Leave an answer blank until it is confirmed; do not convert an unanswered question into a favourable score.
- My goal, instrument or style, current experience and preferred lesson language.
- Provider name, source of information and date of the conversation.
- Teaching plan, individual feedback and relevant evidence of experience.
- Lesson format, duration, frequency, group size and schedule.
- Total charges, extra costs, cancellation notice and refund terms.
- What I observed in a trial, what remains unclear and the next agreed action.
A practice note you can reuse
Choose a task your teacher has explained and keep the note brief. The example is a planning format, not a required practice duration or pace.
Task: One short phrase, exercise or transition.
Starting point: What is difficult right now?
Method: The specific approach agreed with the teacher.
Listen or look for: One observable detail, such as a steady pulse.
What happened: What improved, and where did it break down?
Next lesson question: What needs demonstration or correction?
Compare quotes and prepare a visit
Lesson-quote comparison
Record the included sessions, calculate scheduled hours, separate deposits and test the written terms against missed lessons. Blank fields use your actual quotes.
Download quote worksheet (.txt)Academy visit notes
Separate what you observed, what the provider stated and what needs confirmation about teaching, instrument access and parent arrangements.
Download visit worksheet (.txt)Our original worksheets are free to copy for personal learning. See editorial standards for how our guidance is prepared and corrected.