Do I have to use RCM or ABRSM?

No. They are the frames most piano teachers already prepare for, so adopting one saves the most time, but your own levels work the same way: technique, reading and repertoire slots, per level.

Does ClefRoom work for adult beginners?

Yes. A level is a shape, not an age. An adult returner's Level 3 holds the same slots as a nine-year-old's, with different titles in them.

Can group piano classes share a curriculum with private lessons?

Yes. Group classes and private lessons run on the same levels, so a student who does both has one record.

ClefRoom for piano teachers

A piano curriculum that holds its shape student to student

Method books end around Level 2. After that every piece is a decision, and every student's plan lives in your head. ClefRoom holds the graded frame so you only choose the titles.

Free up to 100 students. No credit card to start.

The curriculum builder on a laptop, with levels, concepts and repertoire assembled into one plan.

What piano teachers run into

The method book ran out

Faber, Alfred and Piano Adventures decide everything for two years. Then the last book ends, and twenty-five students each need a year built by hand.

Scales and sight-reading fall off the plan

Repertoire gets the lesson time because it is on the recital. Technique and reading only get taught when there is a plan that puts them there every week.

Transfer students arrive with no record

A new student brings a folder of pieces and no idea what level they are. You spend the first month finding out.

Levels piano teachers already use

RCM, ABRSM and Trinity grade piano from preparatory to diploma, with technical requirements, sight-reading and repertoire lists at each grade. Adopt the one your studio prepares for, or write your own levels in the same shape: technique, reading, theory and repertoire per level.

Frames teachers adopt:

RCM Levels Prep–10

ABRSM Grades 1–8

Trinity Grades 1–8

Your own levels

Plan your first level

Level 4, one term

The shape of a piano level. Write it once; the titles change per student.

TechniqueScales and arpeggios, two octaves, hands together

BaroqueBach, Little Prelude in C major, BWV 939

ClassicalClementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1

LyricalSchumann, "Melody" from Album for the Young

StudyBurgmüller, "Arabesque", Op. 100 No. 2

Choice pieceThree on the list. Theirs to pick.

Next student: same slots, different titles.

How ClefRoom fits piano teaching

Technique lives on the plan

Scales, arpeggios and chords are goals inside every level, tracked like pieces, so they get lesson time without you having to remember to give it.

Repertoire with the recording attached

Attach the reference recording, the score link and your fingering notes to the piece once. Every student assigned it gets them.

Progress parents can measure

A shared link shows which level, which pieces, which goals — so "is she progressing?" has a better answer than whether it sounds like a song yet.

Questions piano teachers ask

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