How you’ll learn to Make Music Easy at popMATICS
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Weekly prompts for creative exploration. Attend Live or watch our Weekly Recordings.
OVERVIEW
Improvise easily with our step-by-step instructions. We treat the piano like a playground and push all the buttons.
Attending or watching one lesson a week is a great way to inspire your daily creative practice.
FORMAT
These classes are not sequenced and can be used a la carte. Join us live (4 options / week) or watch the week’s recording. Classes are beginner-friendly but also include options for advanced students.
CONTENT
Each week we provide a new set of activities for creative exploration. We cycle through all 12 keys every 12 months.
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Learn how to play what you hear with our song studies. Attend Live or watch our Weekly Recordings.
OVERVIEW
Active listening is a skill rarely covered in traditional piano lessons. Our reCHORDit Classes teach you to hear and play back melodies and harmonies in popular songs.
FORMAT
These classes are not sequenced and can be used a la carte. Join us live (4 options / week) or watch the week’s recording. Classes are beginner-friendly but also include options for advanced students.
CONTENT
Check the weekly schedule to see what songs we’ll be studying, or just show up to class and be surprised! Each live class is a new song, and we record one song each week as a video lesson.
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A sequenced path through all the theory you need to know. Watch our Video Lessons at your own pace.
OVERVIEW
The popMATICS Setlist is our core set of fundamental building blocks for developing your understanding of sound. We encourage depth over breadth. We use and apply these core concepts in our Creating & Listening classes.
FORMAT
The Setlist is a Video course designed to be viewed in sequence and at your own pace. Advanced students can progress more quickly, but we still recommend starting at the beginning. Our presentation is unique and will be new to all students.
CONTENT
These classes move through 4 Stages, from beginner to advanced, starting with keyboard geography and patterns in Stage 1 up to advanced functional harmony in Stage 4.
Creating, Understanding, and Listening work together to develop your musical fluency. We facilitate these connections via interactions in live classes, discussions in our online community, and in our Office Hours class and Song Tutorials.
Song Tutorials teach students how to play songs on the keyboard, from beginner to advanced stages, while preserving your musical freedom. You’ll have options and structures versus note-by-note patterns to copy.
Office Hours is a weekly class that you can attend live or watch via Recording. You’re welcome to submit questions in advance if you can’t attend live.