# Piano — Training Routines

Interactive page: [`routines.html`](routines.html) · Back to [Theory and Practice](theory.html)

Short, guided workouts. Pick one and the app walks you through it **one step at a time** — it lights
up the next note or chord on the keyboard, listens to what you play, and only advances when you get
it right. A wrong note just restarts the current step, so you can't "fail" — you build accuracy, then
speed.

## Before you start

Connect a keyboard on the page ("Play your own keyboard"):

- **MIDI** is best on a computer (Chrome/Edge) — exact and polyphonic, so it can check full chords.
  Safari and iPad hide this option (no Web MIDI API).
- **Microphone** works for the single-note scale/arpeggio runs (one note at a time) and is the
  main real-piano path on iPad.

Matching is by **pitch class**, so any octave counts. Keep the **metronome** (pinned at the bottom)
running: start slow, lock the notes, then nudge the tempo up.

Each routine is its own sub-section that explains **what it is**, **what to do**, and ends with a
**Ready?** prompt and a **Start routine** button. When you start, a live coach panel shows the
current step, your progress, error count, and elapsed time, then gives a grade
(A+ flawless → keep grinding).

## Scale Forge · beginner

C major up, C major down, A natural minor up, then G major up. Cements the note order of the most
common starting scales. Play the highlighted notes in order; a wrong note restarts that scale.

## Circle of Fifths Grind · intermediate

The major scale (one octave, ascending) in all 12 keys around the circle: C G D A E B F# Db Ab Eb
Bb F. The classic way to make every key feel as familiar as C. A longer run — set a slow, holdable
tempo.

## Chord & Arp Bootcamp · beginner

C/F/G arpeggios (one note at a time), then C, F, G major and A minor triads played as full blocked
chords (chords need all notes down together — a MIDI keyboard works best).

## Progression Drill · beginner

The **I–vi–IV–V** loop in C — C, Am, F, G — played as block chords. The four chords behind countless
songs; once it's easy, switch chords on the metronome's downbeat.

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