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Read notes in the treble clef

Middle C first, then the five notes up to G, the octave, notes beyond the staff, leaps, sharps and flats, all the way to the key signature. The tutorials explain, the exercises get you reading as you play.

See the exercises How you learn

Free: the treble clef tutorials and the first chapter, around middle C.

An interactive tutorial: the instruction “Your turn: the same three notes, from left to right”, the staff and the keyboard
From keyboard to staff: middle C, on its little line.

What you'll learn

The treble clef, step by step.

The treble clef curls around the second line of the staff: the note sitting on that line is a G. Every other note is read from there, line by line and space by space.

Okyla starts from middle C, the C in the middle of the keyboard, sitting on a little line below the staff. Then you climb up to G, play the octave up to the next C, step outside the staff, read leaps, and finish with sharps, flats and the key signature.

The tutorials show each landmark on the staff and on the keyboard, and most of them ask you to play. The exercises then get you reading real little phrases.

The exercises

Chapter by chapter.

In the order the app offers them.

  1. Treble clef tutorials

    Free

    Interactive tutorials

  2. Around middle C

    Free
    This chapter's exercises
    • The C that links the keyboard
    • One step, then back
    • F and G
    • The note answers
    • The little free phrase

  3. The C pentachord

    Subscription
    This chapter's exercises
    • The stairway up to G
    • The way back down
    • The same again
    • Three steps at a time
    • The piano shows, you answer

  4. The white octave

    Subscription
    This chapter's exercises
    • From C to C
    • The first star
    • Three-note windows
    • The lullaby from C to C
    • Three mice come down
    • The phrase disappears

  5. Beyond the staff

    Subscription
    This chapter's exercises
    • Three beacons on the staff
    • A landmark, then a leap
    • The phrase travels
    • Echo without the score
    • Every other bar
    • The whole melody
    • The octave above
    • Rising and falling waves
    • The big recap
    • Below the staff

  6. The leaps

    Subscription
    This chapter's exercises
    • Thirds
    • Fifths
    • Leap or step?

  7. First accidentals

    Subscription
    This chapter's exercises
    • The black neighbour: F sharp
    • Two black neighbours
    • The transformed motif

  8. Sharps, flats, naturals

    Subscription

    Read the three signs and the bar rule

    This chapter's exercises
    • The sharp goes up
    • The flat goes down
    • The natural
    • Until the bar line

  9. The key signature

    Subscription

    Read a key signature and keep it in mind

    This chapter's exercises
    • One sharp in the key
    • One flat in the key
    • Two sharps
    • Two flats
    • Three sharps
    • Three flats
    • Which key signature?
    • The key and the accidental

Each exercise comes in several sequences: “Redo” the same one, or “New sequence” to play another.

What to play on

Play with what you have.

In Guided mode, the piano waits for you if you slip; in Performance, you play in tempo.

The on-screen keyboard

Played with your finger: the tablet is enough, even on the go.

An acoustic piano

Put the tablet on the music stand: Okyla listens through the microphone, and the sound never leaves the device.

A digital keyboard

Plugged in over USB, every note is read the moment you play it.

Questions

How do you read notes in the treble clef?

Find G: it's the note on the second line, the one the clef curls around. On the lines, from bottom to top: E, G, B, D, F. In the spaces: F, A, C, E. Middle C sits just below the staff, on a small added line.

Do I need a piano to learn to read?

No. The treble clef reading exercises can also be played with your finger, on the on-screen keyboard. With a piano, Okyla listens through the microphone; with a digital keyboard plugged in over USB, every note is read the moment you play it.

What's free?

The treble clef tutorials and the first chapter, “Around middle C”, with its exercises and their new sequences. The rest of the domain needs the subscription.

What if I don't know the keyboard yet?

Start with keyboard discovery, which is completely free: the landmarks, then the move from keyboard to staff.

The path

All the domains.

Start with middle C.

Free to start, no account.

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