Piano Chops Learning Paths

What Do You Want to Learn?

With so many things you could practice at the piano, sometimes the hardest part is simply knowing where to begin. Choose a goal below and use the curriculum to give your practice some direction.

These legacy learning paths organize Piano Chops lessons around specific styles and skills. Use them as a guide, follow them in order, or combine them with the Member Library to build a practice plan that fits you.

Choose Your Path

Start with the result you're looking for. You don't need to work through everything — just choose the direction that makes sense for you right now.

Jump Right In

Add Some Chops

Don't need a complete curriculum? Jump straight into practical ideas you can start using at the piano.

Put It Into Action

Make a Practice Plan

Knowing what to practice is one thing. Actually organizing it into something you can follow is another.

Download the Piano Chops planning sheet and use the curriculum paths and resource links on this page to create your own plan.

Don't try to practice everything.

Pick a few skills that move you toward the kind of player you want to become. Focused practice beats a giant list of random lessons.

Build Your Own Plan

Want to mix and match? Use these Member Library areas as building blocks for a practice plan of your own.

Fundamental Chops

Strengthen the basic building blocks underneath everything else.

Chord Chops

Build and understand the chords you'll use throughout your playing.

Charting & Ear Chops

Learn to recognize, organize, and communicate what you're playing.

Style Chops

Explore genre-specific ideas and vocabulary.

Improvisation Chops

Develop patterns, freedom, and confidence creating music on your own.

Tricks of the Trade

Practical patterns, tricks, fills, and musical shortcuts.

Music Theory Chops

Understand why the things you're playing actually work.

You Don't Need the Perfect Plan

Pick a direction, practice consistently, and adjust as you grow. The goal of a curriculum isn't to give you more things to finish — it's to help you spend your practice time on the things that will actually move your playing forward.