Learn music by playing it
Every concept on Playnota is a tiny instrument you can touch. Play first, understand second, then practice until it sticks — from your first beat to a full 8-bar sketch.
Play before theory
Every lesson opens with something that makes sound. Words come after, and stay short.
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Everything is audible
Intervals, chords, progressions — if you can see it, you can press it and hear it.
Deliberate practice
Each lesson ends with a small challenge. Ear training runs through the whole course.
The course
7 Units · 31 Lessons · from “what is sound” to a finished sketch
Sound & Pitch
Sound Is Vibration · Notes & Octaves · 12-Tone Equal Temperament, Quickly
Rhythm
Pulse & Tempo · Bars & Time Signatures · Subdivision
Pitch & Melody
The Keyboard Map · Intervals I: Hearing Distance · Intervals II: Consonance & Tension
Scales & Keys
The Major Scale Recipe · Minor & Mood · Keys & Transposition
Chords
Stacking Triads · Major vs Minor Chords · The Chord Family of a Key
Progressions
The Four-Chord Loop · Cadences · Basslines
Structure & Songcraft
Sections & Song Structure · Motif & Repetition · Graduation: Your 8-Bar Sketch