Singers · Intermediate → Advanced
Advanced Sight-Reading & Theory
Compound time, minor keys, intervals, chords, modes and full-score reading take your sight-singing to an advanced level.
Advanced Sight-Reading & Theory
Compound time, minor keys, intervals, chords, modes and full-score reading take your sight-singing to an advanced level.
One device at a time. Your course can only be active on one device at a time — you can't be on a laptop or tablet and a phone at the same time. To switch, log out and log in on the other device: all your progress is saved to your account, not the device, so you carry on exactly where you left off.
Stave, keyboard and words: as a singer, you should be able to read notes off a stave, find them on a keyboard and follow the words underneath. This course shows you all three, side by side, so you learn how they work together.
Suggested practice schedule
One lesson a week finishes the course in 10 weeks. Little and often works best: 15–30 minutes a day, six days a week.
Sun · New lesson
Work through the next lesson and its play-along (20 – 30 mins).
Mon · Practice
Warm up, then the lesson's practice steps: vocal warm-up, scales in sol-fa and sight-singing (20 mins).
Tue · Theory
Check-yourself quizzes and Music Terms flashcards (15 mins).
Wed · Play along
Loop the tricky bars at a slower tempo, then speed up (20 mins).
Thu · Review
Re-read the lesson's music without stopping and retake the knowledge check (15 mins).
Fri · Record
Record a take of the play-along and send it to Jason (15 mins).
Sat · Rest
Rest day — or a relaxed 10 minutes singing something you enjoy.
Busy week? Do Sunday's lesson and two practice days, and move on when you pass the knowledge check.
Jason in action
Jason on keys — live, in church and on stage
See all 12 videosIncludes play-along & sing-along backing tracks in every course, with tempo & key control, a live score and record-yourself feedback from Jason.
Tip: press the light/dark mode button (sun/moon) at the top if it's easier to read in the room you're in — or open Accessibility (bottom left) for bigger text, captions and read-aloud.
Not sure where to start?
This course covers Intermediate → Advanced. If you're already confident reading at intermediate level, you may prefer Foundations of Reading Music (Beginner → Intermediate). Both syllabuses are free to preview before you buy.
Recommended for you: best if you can already name notes on the staff and read simple rhythms. If reading is still new to you, begin with Foundations of Reading Music first, then come back here.
Melody first. The melody is the most important part of any song — it's what people remember and sing along to. Every lesson in this course shows you how to read, hear and support the melody, whether you're singing it, playing it or accompanying it.
Unlock all 10 lessons — £500, or £450 with a referral code from someone who's already booked, or bundle any two courses (even across different instruments) for £850 (£425 each).
Lesson-by-lesson breakdown
Exactly what each of the 10 lessons covers — free to read before you enrol.
Compound Time Signatures
6/8, 9/8 & 12/8 — the dotted-quarter beat
In compound time the beat divides into three, not two. 6/8 has two beats, each a dotted quarter; 9/8 has three; 12/8 has four. Count '1-2-3, 4-5-6' with the accent on 1 and 4.
Minor Keys & Scales
Natural, harmonic & melodic minor
Every major key has a relative minor sharing its key signature. Minor comes in three flavours: natural, harmonic (raised 7th) and melodic (raised 6th & 7th going up).
Intervals by Sight & Sound
2nds through the octave
An interval is the distance between two notes. Reading intervals lets you jump around the staff instantly. Learn the look and sound of 2nds, 3rds, 5ths and octaves.
Triads & Chord Qualities
Major, minor, diminished & augmented
A triad is three notes stacked in thirds: root, third and fifth. The quality — major, minor, diminished or augmented — depends on the size of those thirds.
Seventh Chords & Inversions
Dominant, major & minor 7ths + inversions
Add one more third on top of a triad and you get a seventh chord — the colour behind jazz and classical harmony. Inversions rearrange which chord tone sits in the bass.
Advanced Rhythm
Triplets, tuplets & cross-rhythm
Tuplets squeeze an 'unexpected' number of notes into a beat. A triplet fits three even notes where two would normally go. Mastering them frees your rhythm completely.
The Church Modes
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian & more
Modes are scales built on each degree of the major scale. They give melodies distinct colours — Dorian's cool minor, Lydian's floating brightness, Mixolydian's bluesy edge.
Chromaticism & Modulation
Passing tones, key changes & secondary dominants
Chromatic notes lie outside the key and add colour and tension. Modulation moves the music into a new key entirely — often via a pivot chord or a secondary dominant.
Ornaments, Articulation & Dynamics
Trills, staccato, accents & expression
Notation tells you not just what to play but how. Articulation (staccato, legato, accent), ornaments (trills, mordents) and dynamics (p, f, cresc.) bring a score to life.
Advanced Sight-Reading & Transposition
Full scores, transposing instruments & mastery
The finish line: read a full score fluently, understand transposing instruments, and combine every skill — clef, key, rhythm, harmony and expression — at first sight.