Chapter 1 · 47 min
Discover Chords & Scales
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
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Chapter 2 · 45 min
Genre Matcher
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
Study it onlineChapter 3 · 41 min
Daily Puzzle
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
Study it onlineChapter 4 · 43 min
Test Knowledge
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
Study it onlineChapter 5 · 48 min
Focus Mode
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
Study it onlineChapter 6 · 49 min
Chord Detective
4 lessons · 4 lesson quizzes · 4-question route quiz
Study it onlineRun it in order the first time through. Each route ends with a four-question quiz — pass it (3 of 4) and the route is certified.
Route 1 of 6 · Free · 14 min
Discover Chords & Scales
Turn the reference mode into a real practice route by playing every chord in a key before you ever look at its name.
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Open route1.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Learn a key as one seven-chord neighbourhood instead of seven separate facts.
14 min
1.2 — The session, step by step
A timed fifteen-minute session that ends with one borrowed chord.
15 min
1.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
Three drills, the mistakes that waste the session, and the bar for moving on.
12 min
1.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
Watch the walkthrough, print the log, run one recorded session today.
6 min
1.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Two unfamiliar keys, all seven triads played and named correctly from memory, twice in a row.
Route 2 of 6 · Free · 12 min
Genre Matcher
Use pattern matching in both directions so a progression stops being 'four chords' and becomes a stylistic decision.
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Open route2.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Find your default progression, then discover the styles it belongs to.
12 min
2.2 — The session, step by step
Run the route in both directions: match a loop, then build to a target style.
15 min
2.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
Genre roulette, the one-chord swap, and knowing when a style is yours.
12 min
2.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
The walkthrough plus the log that turns borrowed moves into your own vocabulary.
6 min
2.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Three loops written in three genres you do not normally write, each recognisable, in one sitting.
Route 3 of 6 · Free · 8 min
Daily Puzzle
One puzzle a day, done properly: the streak is not the point, the post-mortem is.
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Open route3.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Why a two-minute daily puzzle outperforms a two-hour weekend session.
8 min
3.2 — The session, step by step
The two minutes after the puzzle — and the floor that keeps bad days from breaking the habit.
15 min
3.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
Reading your own log, and the honest bar for this route.
12 min
3.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
The walkthrough and the fourteen-row streak log.
6 min
3.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Fourteen consecutive days with a logged reason on every one, guesses marked honestly.
Route 4 of 6 · Free · 10 min
Test Knowledge
Ten adaptive questions used as a diagnostic instrument rather than a score to beat.
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Open route4.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Treat Test Knowledge as a cold diagnostic, not a score to farm.
10 min
4.2 — The session, step by step
The three-step review that converts every miss into a drill.
15 min
4.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
Weekly retakes, the traps, and the bar for calling this route done.
12 min
4.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
The walkthrough and the diagnostic sheet you keep for a month.
6 min
4.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Two consecutive weekly runs where no category produces more than one miss.
Route 5 of 6 · Pro · 15 min
Focus Mode
Endless puzzles weighted to your weak spots — the only mode designed to feel uncomfortable.
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Open route5.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Why the right difficulty feels bad, and how to find the 70–80% zone.
15 min
5.2 — The session, step by step
Play every reveal three times — the step that makes Focus Mode stick.
15 min
5.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
Tracking a pair to fixed, plus the pass mark for Focus Mode.
12 min
5.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
The walkthrough and the confusion-pair log.
6 min
5.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Your worst confusion pair sits above eighty per cent accuracy across a full fifteen-minute block.
Route 6 of 6 · Pro · 16 min
Chord Detective
Deduce the mystery chord from clues — reasoning practice, not recognition practice.
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Open route6.1 — The lesson — what this route trains
Deduction, not recognition — how Chord Detective actually works.
16 min
6.2 — The session, step by step
Spend one attempt trying to disprove your favourite candidate.
15 min
6.3 — Drills, mistakes and the pass mark
The solve log, the traps, and the pass mark that means you can transcribe.
12 min
6.4 — Video walkthrough + workbook
The walkthrough and the casebook that takes you to a real transcription.
6 min
6.Q — Route quiz · 4 questions, pass with 3
Not passed yet
Pass mark: Five consecutive puzzles solved with a spoken elimination for every clue and no random guesses.
Part two · Studio Advanced (Pro)
The same six routes, second pass
18 advanced lessons with worked keyboard examples, graded lesson quizzes and a module quiz per route. Included with ChordCraft Lab Pro.
Advanced route 1 of 6
Advanced Discover Chords & Scales
Discover taught you the shape of a key. Advanced Discover is about voicings: the same chords played so they lead into each other, and the same key heard from every degree.
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A1.1 — Voice-leading the diatonic set
Move between the seven diatonic chords without your hand leaving one position.
18 min
A1.2 — Inversions on purpose, not by accident
Pick inversions from the bass line you want, not from where your hand happens to land.
16 min
A1.3 — Every degree as home
Get six new colours out of a key you already know by moving the centre of gravity.
14 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
Advanced route 2 of 6
Advanced Genre Matcher
Genre Matcher gets you to a believable progression. The advanced module is about the details that actually make a genre — rhythm, voicing density and one deliberate borrowed chord.
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A2.1 — Rhythm is most of the genre
Turn one progression into three genres by moving nothing but the rhythm.
16 min
A2.2 — Borrowing one chord
Use exactly one borrowed chord to make a stock progression sound written rather than found.
18 min
A2.3 — Voicing density by genre
Match voicing density to the style before you blame the chords.
14 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
Advanced route 3 of 6
Advanced Daily Puzzle
The Daily Puzzle keeps a streak. The advanced module makes the streak mean something: a timed target, an error log, and a weekly review that actually changes what you practise.
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A3.1 — Beating the clock, not the puzzle
Make speed the measurement once correctness stops being the challenge.
14 min
A3.2 — Keeping an error log that pays
Turn scattered misses into a two-item practice plan that actually changes your week.
16 min
A3.3 — Transposing the puzzle
Close the gap between the three keys you are fluent in and the nine you guess at.
12 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
Advanced route 4 of 6
Advanced Test Knowledge
Test Knowledge checks recall. Advanced testing checks recall under conditions that resemble playing with other people: no keyboard in front of you, no second attempt, and out-loud naming.
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A4.1 — Testing away from the keys
Prove you know the theory, not just the shape under your hands.
14 min
A4.2 — One attempt only
Score first attempts only and get a number you can actually improve.
12 min
A4.3 — Naming function, not just the chord
Answer with function as well as name, so substitutions become obvious later.
16 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
Advanced route 5 of 6
Advanced Focus Mode
Focus Mode drills one weakness. The advanced module is about designing the drill: choosing the right weakness, building a proper interleaved set, and knowing when to stop drilling it.
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A5.1 — Choosing the right weakness
Point the drill at the thing that is actually costing you, not the thing that feels good.
14 min
A5.2 — Interleaving beats blocking
Build shuffled three-item sets that feel worse today and test better next week.
16 min
A5.3 — Knowing when a drill is finished
Write the retirement condition before you start, so drills end on evidence.
12 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
Advanced route 6 of 6
Advanced Chord Detective
Chord Detective teaches you to identify what you hear. The advanced module takes it off the app and onto real records — full transcriptions, bass-first, with modulations.
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A6.1 — Bass first, always
Transcribe from the bottom up so every chord has only two candidates left.
18 min
A6.2 — Hearing borrowed and modal chords
Identify the four non-diatonic chords that explain most 'strange' pop harmony.
18 min
A6.3 — Spotting a modulation
Find the exact bar where the old tonic stops being home.
16 min
Module quiz · 5 questions · not passed yet
One record, everywhere
Reading a lesson here, ticking it in the Studio, or passing its quiz all writes to the same shared progress record — this page, the hub, the dashboard and the catalog never disagree. The standalone ChordCraft Studio Practice Routes course ($39) adds the video walkthroughs and printable workbooks on top.