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Your riyaz starts here. Complete self-study courses for piano and guitar.

Choose your instrument and start learning today. Each course is designed for self-study with structured lessons, real songs, and exam preparation.


1

20 sessions · From zero to Grade 1 on the Casio CT-X9000IN

Your very first note to playing complete songs with both hands. Posture, note reading, scales, chords, both-hand coordination, and real songs across classical, Bollywood, and contemporary genres.

20Sessions
30Hours
56Files
Grade 1ABRSM Target

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2

25 sessions · From Grade 1 to Grade 3 on the Casio CT-X9000IN

Seventh chords, arpeggios, compound time, Indian ragas, jazz & blues, pop, improvisation, lead sheets, and five polished performance pieces. Requires completion of the beginner course.

25Sessions
21Hours
70Files
Grade 3ABRSM Target

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3

24 sessions · From your first strum to about Grade 1 level on the Saga SF-600C-BK

From your very first strum to playing chords, riffs, melodies and short pieces in steady time on the Saga SF-600C-BK acoustic guitar, at about the level of the first graded guitar exams (Debut to Grade 1). Open chords, power chords, fingerpicking, TAB reading, and simplified arrangements from songs recorded by Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan and Kishore Kumar. It is not an exam course.

24Sessions
20Hours
61Lessons
≈ Grade 1Level

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4

All 36 sessions are published, with the six checkpoints, the end-of-course assessment and every handout.

From the end of the beginner course to about Grade 2 level in the skills it teaches, with a start on Grade 3 skills.

36Sessions
30Hours
76Lessons
≈ Grade 2Level

Start Intermediate Guitar →