What you'll be able to play, module by module

By the end of this module, students can:

• Read staff, clefs, bar lines, and measures.
• Recognize notes, rests, and time signatures.
• Identify notes on E, B, G, D, A, and high E strings.
• Play simple exercises and pieces on all strings.
• Learn dotted notes, ties, and eighth notes.
• Learn 1st to 4th positions on the fretboard.
• Clap and repeat rhythms.
• Recognize intervals and high/low pitches.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play duets and simple pieces with classmates or instructors.
• Learn three- and four-string chords and their accompaniments.
• Understand major scales, diatonic scales, and the C major scale (one octave).
• Play chord progressions and learn accompaniment and bass styles.
• Recognize accidentals, chromatic scales, key signatures, and minor scales.
• Learn picking techniques, including alternate picking.
• Play pieces using G, A minor, and E minor scales and related chords.
• Understand musical dynamics (pp, p, f, mf, mp, ff, crescendo, decrescendo).
• Practice 1st and 2nd endings in pieces

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play higher notes on the first string and two-octave C and D major scales.
• Practice alternate picking exercises.
• Understand the diatonic scale (tonic and dominant).
• Perform duets and pieces using triplets and various rhythms.
• Play F major scale (two octaves) and F major chord with related accompaniment styles.
• Apply musical dynamics, including sforzando, diminuendo, and Dolce.
• Compose simple melodies using C major and G major scales

By the end of this module, students can:

• Understand tetrachords, chromatic scales, and intervals (major and minor).
• Play advanced minor scales and D minor chord progressions with accompaniment styles.
• Perform exercises in finger agility and duets in D minor.
• Learn notes on the 2nd string, scales in thirds, and chord inversions.
• Play pieces across keys (C, G, F, D minor) and master repertoire pieces.
• Learn D major scale (two octaves), chord progressions, and accompaniment styles.
• Practice downstroke picking and develop advanced picking techniques.
• Improve ear training: recognize major/minor keys, relative chords, and intervals (major, minor, perfect)

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play D major scale in second position and pieces like Caprice and Minuet in D.
• Understand and play sixteenth notes (semi-quavers) and B minor scale with chords and accompaniment styles.
• Identify chord types (tonic, dominant, octave) and play in different time signatures (6/8, 3/8).
• Develop picking techniques for quavers, semi-quavers, triplets, and dotted quavers.
• Perform solos, waltzes, and duets, mastering repertoire pieces.
• Improve sight-reading and ear training: intervals, chord quality, rhythms, and dynamics.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play A major scale and arpeggio in open and second positions with drills and repertoire pieces.
• Understand accidentals, alla breve time, and accompaniment styles.
• Learn notes on third and fourth strings, chromatic scales, and scales in G and A major.
• Perform trills, solos, and duets using pieces like Venetian Nights and Country Life.
• Play F♯ harmonic and melodic minor scales, F♯ minor chords, and arpeggios with accompaniment.
• Practice harmonized C major scales, walking chords, and second-position arpeggios.
• Improve aural skills: recognize complex chord progressions and create simple melodies on minor scales.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Learn and apply slide technique, slur technique, and snap/glissando techniques in scales and pieces.
• Play A minor, G major, E minor, B minor, D minor scales, and related arpeggios in 2nd position.
• Practice triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented) and harmonized scales.
• Develop tremolo, staccato, legato, and phrasing skills in solos and duets.
• Perform repertoire pieces using techniques like slide, slur, glissando, and snap.
• Apply dynamics, musical expressions, and phrasing in performance.
• Practice improvisation and transposing pieces to different keys.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play B♭ major scale, triplets, harmonized scales, and accompaniment etudes; perform duets and repertoire pieces.
• Learn G minor scales (natural, harmonic, melodic, gypsy/mixed), arpeggios, harmonized scales, and perform duets and solos.
• Understand and apply major, minor, and perfect intervals, including interval inversion.
• Play scales and relative chords in C minor, E♭ major, A♭ major, and F minor, including third-position techniques.
• Perform syncopation and repertoire pieces across various keys, including solos and guitar duets

By the end of this module, students can:

• Basics
• Read notes and rests.
• Know note types and counts.
• Understand simple rhythms and time signatures.
• Play notes on strings 1-3.
• Rhythm & Notation
• Learn rests, tied notes, dotted notes, and quavers.
• Clap and play rhythms.
• Practice simple exercises and pieces.
• Articulation
• Play legato, staccato, and accented notes.
• Learn accidentals and chromatic scale.
• Practice 6/8 time.
• Key Signatures & Etudes
• Identify key signatures.
• Play etudes and exercises to improve technique

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play notes on the 4th, 5th, and 6th strings through studies and short pieces.
• Use phrasing to make your music expressive.
• Understand and play basic scales (C major, G major) with correct fingering.
• Recognize straight vs. swing rhythm in exercises.
• Learn simple chords (CAGED system) and practice smooth transitions.
• Perform short etudes and classical pieces (e.g., Romance) with different right-hand patterns

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play soft (piano), loud (forte), crescendo, decrescendo, and vibrato.
• Read and memorize music; understand repeat signs.
• Play pickup notes and short pieces (Andantino, Andante, Hungarian Air).
• Learn major, minor, and seventh chords; strumming and chord progressions.
• Play chords with melody; practice rhythms with quavers and semi-quavers.
• Play triplets and rest strokes (apoyando); use proper finger techniques.
• Develop ensemble skills by playing duets.
• Compose simple music using the C major scale

By the end of this module, students can:

• Practice finger rest strokes and thumb free strokes together.
• Perform exercises and pieces like Cancion and Serenata.
• Learn thumb rest stroke technique and variations.
• Play pieces like Moorish Caravan and Passacaglia.
• Understand musical modes and play the Ionian scale.
• Learn barre chords.
• Develop ear training: clap and play back simple rhythms, recognize intervals (major and minor), identify high and low pitches

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play minor scales: A natural, harmonic, and melodic (1-2 octaves).
• Perform E minor arpeggio (1 octave).
• Learn slur techniques, mordents, and harmonics.
• Practice ascending and descending slurs with pieces like Prelude no. 7 and Gavotte.
• Perform repertoire pieces: Estudio in A minor and Chanson.
• Practice sight reading and ear training: intervals, chord quality, rhythms, and dynamics.
• Learn simple tremolo technique and apply in exercises and Romanza.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Master pieces like Malaguena, Minuet, Vals, and Andante.
• Learn higher notes on the staff and understand fermata.
• Play scales with different rhythms: G major (2 octaves) straight and swing rhythm, C melodic minor (2 octaves) swing rhythm.
• Perform pieces like Bouree and Adelita.
• Strengthen arpeggios: G major and C major (2 octaves).
• Practice ear training: complex chord progressions and creating simple melodies on minor scales

By the end of this module, students can:

• Master famous pieces: Ode to Joy, Air, Greensleeves, Minuet, and Theme in A.
• Learn Ponticello and Rasgueado techniques.
• Play scales in thirds and fifths.
• Practice transposing pieces to different keys.
• Develop improvisation skills and personal musical expression.

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play advanced arpeggios: A major and D major (3 octaves), G dominant 7th (2 octaves).
• Practice D harmonic minor in 6ths and A melodic minor in octaves.
• Understand and apply counterpoint: types and uses.
• Learn advanced harmonics, including artificial harmonics.
• Perform exercises and pieces, including Capricho Arabe

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play and identify notes on the C, E, and A strings.
• Perform simple songs such as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Ode to Joy, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
• Understand the concept of pickup notes and apply them while playing.
• Recognize and play dotted notes in rhythm.
• Play a piece (Oh Susanna) that combines notes and new rhythmic patterns.
• Improve reading skills in music notation by connecting notes on the staff with notes on the ukulele.
• Build finger coordination and confidence through practice with familiar melodies

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play diatonic scales and simple scale exercises.
• Learn the notes high D and high E.
• Perform the song Aura Lee.
• Understand and use ties in music.
• Read and play quavers (eighth notes).
• Perform songs like Wildwood Flower, Frere Jacques, Shortening Bread, and Little Brown Jug.
• Improve timing, note reading, and finger coordination through practice.

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play the CAGED chords.
• Use different strumming styles (thumb, finger, brush, finger & thumb).
• Play the 12-bar Blues and songs like Generic Blues and Strum It.
• Learn the G chord family and play songs with them.
• Perform songs like Ooh-Wah Uke and Boil Them Cabbage Down.
• Understand and play in 3/4 time.
• Use the 3/4 strum pattern in songs like Waltz and Amazing Grace.

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play the F chord family and use them in songs like Hush Little Baby.
• Practice strumming with backing tracks (Rolling, Juking the Uke).
• Understand sharps and flats and play pieces like Down in the Valley.
• Recognize and apply key signatures (major and minor).
• Play the F major scale and songs like Clementine.
• Use advanced techniques like single roll stroke and tremolo.
• Learn the Am chord family and play with minor chords.
• Understand different types of rests in music.
• Play songs such as Goodnight Ladies, Merrily We Roll Along, The Haunted Uke Blues, and Hey Ho Nobody Home.
• Learn the E minor chord family and explore more new chords.
• Perform songs like Sinner Man and Scarborough Fair.

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play the D major scale and its relative chords.
• Strengthen finger skills through scale exercises.
• Understand and use the repeat sign in music.
• Play and apply seventh chords.
• Recognize and perform dotted quarter notes and musical endings.
• Perform songs like Michael Row the Boat Ashore and When the Saints Go Marching In.
• Expand confidence in playing within the key of D using chords, scales, and songs

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play and apply movable chords for flexible playing across the fretboard.
• Understand and play in the key of B♭/D (and their chord families).
• Use new strumming techniques with these chord families.
• Perform songs from the given repertoire using movable chords.
• Learn and practice diminished 7th chords through exercises.
• Explore and apply riffing on sharps to add variety in playing.

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play the A major chord, its relative chords, and the A major scale.
• Use riffing techniques with sharps in the key of A.
• Play and apply seventh chords.
• Perform songs from the A major repertoire.
• Use advanced playing techniques like hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.
• Learn and apply the ragtime strum and chord pattern, with exercises and songs
• Play with advanced strums like the five-finger roll stroke and the calypso strum.
• Perform pieces such as Pay Me My Money Down and Sloop John B

By the end of this module, students will:

• Play rhythms like Boogie Woogie, shuffle, and triplet stroke.
• Perform songs such as Uke Boogie in G, Row Your Boat, Three Blind Mice, and Pop Goes the Weasel.
• Understand and play in 6/8 time and 3/4 time.
• Perform songs like Home on the Range, Beautiful Brown Eyes, and Rye Whiskey.
• Practice triplet exercises and play triplet blues.
• Play melodies in minor keys with songs like Swing, Goin' Minor, All the Way Minor, Drunken Sailor, and Greensleeves

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play notes on E, A, D, and G strings with simple songs.
• Use shift and finger roll techniques.
• Play the 12-Bar Blues and basic octaves.
• Read time signatures, ties, sharps, flats, rests, and intervals.
• Clap and count quaver rhythms.
• Use Da Capo, Coda, and endings while reading music.
• Keep steady tempo using a metronome.
• Perform a small repertoire of songs confidently

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play notes in 3rd and 5th positions on all strings.
• Shift smoothly between positions.
• Recognize intervals and play simple tunes by ear.
• Read and play using tablature.
• Play major scales (C, G, D, A, E, Bb).
• Understand key signatures and basic chord progressions.
• Play walking bass lines and simple blues lines.
• Use different rhythms (including syncopation).
• Create their own simple bass lines.

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play major triads and arpeggios.
• Play minor scales (natural, harmonic, melodic).
• Understand modulation and learn simple tunes by ear.
• Play minor triads and arpeggios in different positions.
• Use triplets, shuffle rhythm, 12/8 time, and repeat symbols in songs

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play chromatic scales and use legato & staccato articulation.
• Read and perform semiquavers (16th notes) and rests.
• Play syncopated and upbeat rhythms using dotted quavers.
• Understand and apply musical modes in pieces.
• Use tapping techniques and recognize chord progressions.
• Play bass lines in different styles (funk, jazz, rock, blues)

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play seventh chords and arpeggios (Cmaj7, Gmaj7, and others).
• Play dominant seventh chords and related arpeggios.
• Play minor seventh chords and arpeggios in different keys.
• Use slides in bass playing.
• Play minor pentatonic scales (E minor, B minor) with correct fingering.
• Perform short pieces and songs using these techniques

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play using hammer-ons and pull-offs in songs.
• Perform major pentatonic scales (G, D, and others).
• Play bass lines from chord symbols (roots, fifths, octaves).
• Use modes of the major scale in exercises.
• Apply advanced rhythms (16th note triplets, dotted rhythms).
• Create their own bass lines and short compositions.
• Develop melodic and harmonic ear training skills

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Use scale and dominant approaches to build bass lines.
• Create bass lines with triads and apply extended chords (9th, 11th, 13th).
• Compose and improvise their own bass lines.
• Explore harmonics (natural & artificial) and stay locked in the groove.
• Apply chord substitutions in playing.
• Play slap funk techniques with exercises and pieces.
• Perform in complex time signatures (5/4, 7/8) and use off-beat rhythms.

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Play pop and slap techniques together in exercises and songs.
• Use dead notes and perform advanced repertoire pieces with control.
• Apply altered chords (diminished, augmented) in bass playing.
• Explore counterpoint, two-hand tapping, and open-string techniques.
• Transcribe complex bass lines from different styles.
• Improvise over advanced chord changes and use modal interchange.

By the end of this module, students can:

Read Music

• Read staff notation (clef, bar lines, measures)
• Know note values (whole, half, quarter, dotted, eighth) and rests
• Play in basic time signatures

Play on Strings

• Play notes on E, B, G, D, and A strings
• Do simple exercises with different note values
• Play easy pieces like Etudes, The Merry Men, Sparkling Stella, Amazing Grace, Buffalo Gals, Minor Melody

Use Music Symbols

• Play using pick-up notes, ties, and ledger lines
• Practice notes in 1st position
• Play dotted and eighth note rhythms

Ear Training

• Clap and play back simple rhythms
• Hear the difference between major and minor intervals
• Tell high pitch from low pitch

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play simple duets and chords
• Play the C major scale
• Play 4-string chords with bass notes
• Play chords in C and use chord progressions
• Play chromatic and minor scales
• Try Am, G, and E minor chords with songs
• Use alternate picking
• Play with dynamics (soft, loud, crescendo, decrescendo)
• Perform solo and duet pieces

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play higher notes on the 1st string
• Play C, D, and F major scales (two octaves)
• Use alternate picking
• Play solo pieces (Senorita, Wade in the Water, The Gauchos, March Majestic, Melody in F)
• Play duets (Leapfrog, I Love Thee)
• Play triplets in pieces (Tarantelle, A Triple Play, Barcelona)
• Play F major chord and related chords
• Use new dynamics (sforzando, diminuendo, dolce)
• Make simple compositions in C major and G major

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play tetrachords and chromatic scale in G
• Tell major and minor intervals
• Play D minor scales, chords, and pieces
• Do finger exercises and duets in D minor
• Play scales in thirds (C, G, F)
• Play pieces and master solos (Romance, Rondo, etc.)
• Play D major scale and chord progressions
• Use different picking styles
• Hear the difference between major, minor, and perfect intervals

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play D major scale in 2nd position and pieces (Caprice, Minuet in D)
• Play sixteenth notes and B minor scale, chords, and pieces (Waltz, Duet)
• Understand chord names (tonic, dominant, octave)
• Play in 6/8 and 3/8 time, triplets, and dotted notes
• Use plectrum techniques and play pentatonic scales and solos
• Play pieces (Prelude, Waltz, Spanish Dance, Country Garden)
• Understand pickups, amp settings, and basic effects pedals
• Improve sight-reading and ear training (intervals, chords, rhythm, dynamics)

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play A major scale and arpeggio (open and 2nd position)
• Play A related chords and accompaniment
• Perform pieces and duets (Red Haired Boy, Romance, Spanish Dance)
• Play chromatic, G major, and A major scales on 3rd and 4th strings
• Use trill techniques and play solos and duets (Venetian Nights, Country Life)
• Play F# minor scales, chords, and arpeggios
• Play harmonic C scale and walking chords
• Play rock riffs, blues scale, and try pentatonic/blues solos
• Practice ear training and create simple melodies

By the end of this module, students can:

• Use slide technique and play A minor scale and arpeggio
• Play G major scale and triads
• Use slur technique, string bending, and palm muting
• Play E minor and D scales, triads, and solos
• Use snap, glissando, and harmonics
• Play F and D minor scales with expression (staccato, legato, dynamics)
• Perform solos and duets
• Improvise and transpose pieces to different keys

By the end of this module, students can:

• Play B♭ major scale, triplets, harmonized scale, and pieces (Waltz from the Poet and Peasant, duet Holiday)
• Play G minor scales (natural, harmonic, melodic, mixed, gypsy) and arpeggio
• Play pieces and duets in G minor (Sultana, Early Christmas Morning)
• Recognize major, minor, and perfect intervals and interval inversions
• Play E♭ major, C minor, and A♭ major scales with relative chords and duets (The Cavalcade)
• Play F minor scale and chords, follow repertoire

By the end of the module, the student will be able:

Theory

• Types of breathing exercises
• Solfege hand gestures
• Whole steps, half steps, intervals
• Accidentals (sharp, flat, natural)
• Larynx and diaphragm in singing
• Arpeggios vs. triads vs. chords

Practical

• Solfege exercises
• Diphthong exercises
• Arpeggio practice
• Low and high pitch practice
• Songs from the song bank

By the end of this module, the student will be able to:

• Practice diphthong vocal exercises for clear singing
• Improve listening skills through ear training
• Understand the basics of time signatures
• Learn major and minor intervals
• Know different types of music genres
• Apply all concepts while singing songs from the song bank

By the end of this module, the student will be able to know:

Posture and Alignment

• Correct body posture
• Good standing and sitting position
• Proper head and chin
• Right arms, hands, feet, knees
• Effect of shoe heel
• Common postures
• Alignment exercises

Breath Control

• Breathing cycle basics
• Proper inhalation & back expansion
• Steady chest, no shoulder lift
• Controlled exhalation
• Arpeggio breathing practice
• Breath timing
• Breathing muscle exercises
• Silent and quick breaths
• Strong breath support

By the end of this module, the student will know:

Release of Sound

• How sound starts
• Parts of the voice instrument
• Muscles and pitch
• Control pitch and tone
• Glottal closure
• Ways to start sound
• Belting basics
• Onset for young singers
• SOVT exercises (incl. lip trill)
• Sustaining notes

Resonance

• Better tone with resonance
• Frequency & harmonics
• Vocal tract and formants
• Singer's formant
• Blend in group singing
• Adjust larynx, pharynx, soft palate, mouth
• Classical vs contemporary resonance
• Chest voice vs head voice
• Resonance placement
• Amplification basics
• Resonance exercises

By the end of this module, student will know:

Vowels

• Tongue placement
• Classical vowel production
• IPA vowel symbols
• Classical vowel spectrum
• Vowel perception
• Contemporary vowels
• Vowel consistency
• Problem vowels
• High pitch vowel modification
• Male/Female vowel changes
• Diphthongs & triphthongs
• Glides
• Vowel tone color
• Vowel exercises

Consonants

• Articulators
• Classical consonant formation
• Jaw & lip control
• Voiced vs unvoiced
• Final consonants & elision
• Consonant exercises

By the end of this module, student will:

• Understand vibrato
• Learn vibrato rate & width
• Use vibrato in different styles
• Solve vibrato problems (wobble, tremolo)
• Modify vibrato
• Apply vibrato in choral & early music
• Practice vibrato exercises
• Know vocal registers
• Chest, head & mixed voice
• Registers in children, males & females
• Smooth register transitions
• Control breath pressure & fold closure
• Use nasality
• Explore special registers
• Register exercises
• Learn voice types & classification
• Avoid misclassification in choirs
• Contemporary voice classification
• Sing higher notes
• Access lower notes
• Handle pitch leaps
• Expand vocal range with exercises

By the end of this module, students will know

• Causes of poor intonation
• Vertical & horizontal intonation
• Dynamics & repertoire intonation
• External factors in tuning
• Intonation exercises (scales & intervals)
• Legato
• Staccato
• Accents
• Riffs & ornaments
• Dynamic control
• Special vocal effects
• Exercises
• Choral sound & blend
• Timbre in blending
• Voice positioning
• Changing voices (youth)
• Adolescent male/female development
• Part assignment in change
• Technique issues in young voices
• Transgender voices
• Aging voices

By the end of this module, students will know:

• Larynx & pharynx tension
• Jaw tension
• Tongue tension
• Shoulders & legs tension
• Tension-reducing exercises
• Hydration
• Effects of caffeine, alcohol, antihistamines
• Vocal stamina & fatigue
• Stress & anxiety management
• Meal planning before singing
• Mucus & reflux management
• Singing with a cold
• Hormonal effects on voice
• Vocal health for singers
• Sight singing
• Proper standing, sitting & breaks
• Warm-up importance & sequence
• Warm-up exercises & benefits
• Vocal cool down
• Linking registers

• Demonstrate foundational music reading skills, including the ability to read notes in both treble and bass clefs and understand basic rhythmic values (e.g., whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes).
• Posture and Finger numbers.
• Perform simple pieces with accurate rhythm, pitch, and articulation, incorporating dynamics such as piano (p) and forte (f).

• Display increased musical confidence and stage presence in performance or examination settings.
• Read and interpret a wider range of notes and rhythms, including dotted rhythms
• A concept of playing a major scale with correct fingering.
• Show a developing sense of musical expression through phrasing, contrast, and style in performance.

• Recognize and interpret a wider range of musical symbols and terminology, including tempo markings (e.g., andante, allegro), articulation marks
• Read and perform music that includes more complex rhythms (e.g., dotted quavers, syncopation) and a wider note range across both hands
• Use simple pedalling where appropriate to enhance tone and expression.
• Demonstrate fluent and expressive playing in pieces that feature varied styles, moods, and articulation (e.g., legato, staccato, accents)

• Read and perform moderately complex pieces involving key changes, syncopation, and more advanced rhythms such as triplets
• Demonstrate refined control over tone, dynamics, and articulation, including expressions.
• Maintain balance between melody and accompaniment, demonstrating increasing finger independence and hand coordination.
• Apply growing aural awareness to identify modulations (e.g., from tonic to dominant), distinguish rhythmic or melodic differences, and recognize more complex intervals and chord types.

• Plays pieces with moderate complexity with increased technical and expressive demands
• Improved hand independence and coordination: Comfortable with different rhythms and patterns in each hand.
• Improved in Aural Skills
• Improved in Sight reading

• Students reach an early advanced level. This grade marks a shift from intermediate technique toward more expressive, stylistically aware playing and deeper musicianship.
• Demonstrates refined touch and tone—able to shape phrases, dynamics, and articulation with intention.
• Confidence to perform in public, take part in competitions, or accompany others.

• Begins to show a personal artistic voice and can reflect on their own playing critically
• Starting to teach beginners
• Performing with expression in formal or public settings

• Student reaches an advanced and pre-professional level of musicianship and technical ability. This is a major achievement that reflects years of dedicated practice and musical growth.
• Shows strong musical independence and artistry.
• Teaching beginner to intermediate students

• The student will learn basic concepts on playing the keys.
• Learned to ready basic staff notation.
• Hand playing coordination.

• Learned to play simple chords.
• Read simple notes on treble clef.
• Simple dynamics signs (p, f, mp, mf ).
• Use chords C G or G7 with left hand.
• Plays both melody and harmony (chords + melody).

• Begins playing hands together on simple pieces.
• Reads and performs simple sheet music.
• Use chords G, D7 and C chords with left hand.
• Reads and performs simple sheet music.

• Performs short pieces with dynamics (soft/loud).
• Plays simple scales (C major, G major) with correct fingering.
• Independent in playing both melody and harmony (chords + melody).
• Learned simple syncopated rhythm.

• Maintains smooth hand coordination in songs.
• Reads notes in treble clef and basic symbols (♯, ♭, natural).
• Be able to tell the scale of a song (Key signature).

• Reads moderately complex sheet music with accidentals.
• Introduces minor scales and chords (Am, Dm, Em).
• Performs songs with phrasing, dynamics, and articulation.

• Plays fluently with both hands in a variety of rhythms.
• Sight-reads simple pieces accurately.
• Play moderately complex with chords.

• Demonstrates confidence in playing both melody and accompaniment together.
• Shows readiness for graded exams (e.g., Trinity Grade 1–2).