The black markings on a page of music look like a secret language.  Anyone can learn this language and translate a page of written music into beautiful sound.

Learning to read a page of written music requires two things: One must learn what each of the notations means and how they translate into sound. And one must learn how the notations relate to each other.  This is the subject of music theory.  It deals with system that underlies musical compositions.

In order to fully understand the relationship of sounds to each other and to being to think inside music, one must add musical practice to theory. The first step in musical practice is ear training through a method called Solfege.

The interactive lessons offered in real time via this website use Finale software.

The lessons and materials are designed to cover every aspect of music theory and ear training/Solfege.  They represent a Russian method of teaching music to children and professionals at elite Russian music schools and conservatories.

“We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony”

—Robert Schumann

“Music creates order out of chaos; for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous”

—Yehudi Menuhin