In this lecture, you’ll learn why scales matter—not for exams, but for real-world playing.

Scales are essential. Every song or melody you’ve ever heard is built on a scale. Without scales, music wouldn’t exist as we know it. Understanding scales and keys is the first big step toward learning chords.

“But which keys? What keys are you talking about?!?” you might ask. Are these the keys that unlock the mystery of life? At least the mystery of music, or some of it.

Watch this lecture and find out.
It’s time to scale up!

In this lecture, you’ll discover that chords aren’t as mysterious as they seem.

“Why do we need chords?” one might ask. Well, chords are the foundation that melodies live on. They’re what make melodies interesting. They give a song its shape, its movement—its tension and release.

Take any song and strip away the chord progression, and you’ll hear how instantly dull it becomes. Or try playing just one chord under a melody, over and over. Does it work? I say hell NO!

Melodies without chord progressions are like pizza with only toppings—just a mess.

So what are chords, and what are they made of? Watch this lecture, and Arni will break it down for you.

Oh, and one more thing: if you don’t know your chords, learning a song by ear will be nearly impossible. Unless you’re some kind of super genius… but let’s be honest, those don’t exist—just hard work. So let’s get to it!

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to listen to a song and write down its form. Good news—you don’t need a music degree or perfect pitch. All you need are your ears and a simple method to map out any song, from first listen to live performance.

But what is “form,” and why does it matter?
Form—also known as song structure—is basically the map of a song. Sure, you can learn the chords and melody, but without a map, you’re bound to get lost. And without structure, there’s only chaos.

Is that how we want to live? Maybe in art... but not on stage.

Getting lost mid-performance is a terrifying experience, so let’s avoid that fate. Let’s learn how to break down a song’s structure and keep our musical journey smooth and fearless.

Now it’s time to put all that music theory we’ve learned into action and figure out the chords in the song we’re learning.

Music theory helps you narrow down your choices—from twelve possible notes to just seven. Pretty useful, right? All those videos you’ve watched? Totally worth it.

There are twelve notes in one octave on the piano. Don’t believe me? Count them yourself. Western music is built on those 12 notes, but a major scale only uses seven. Why? Well... I won’t explain it all here—just watch the class.

So, what’s the process?

First, we figure out the key of the song. Then we find the bass note—because statistically, the bass note is usually the root of the chord(but not always). Once we’ve got that, we work out the full chord.

It’s basically like paint-by-numbers… just with sound—and way more fun.

In this class, we’ll learn how to mimic a melody—just like a parrot.
And who wouldn’t want to be a parrot? They hang out with pirates and sail the seas. Argh!

But in this case, you’ll be a musical parrot. Instead of copying sounds with your beak, you’ll use a piano.

We’ll use the same methods from the previous video: we know the key, we know which scale we’re working with—and now it’s time to listen and learn.

Let’s train those ears and get mimicking!

In this final lecture, you’ll combine everything you’ve learned - melody, chords, and form - and explore how to arrange and perform the full song with both hands on the piano. Remember practice makes perfect.