ABRSM-aligned · Grade 1 → Grade 3
Online music theory for Grades 1 to 3, taught one concept at a time by Min Min Tay. All three grades, one enrolment — no more guessing at key signatures the night before an exam.
From first note to fluent reading
Three grades, one clear path. Each lesson builds on the last, so nothing arrives out of nowhere.
Watch first
Sound familiar?
You count sharps on your fingers and still second-guess whether that is A major or F-sharp minor — every single time.
Intervals, cadences and Italian terms are just words on a worksheet. None of it seems to touch the pieces you actually practise.
Grade 1 went in the night before and out the morning after. Now Grade 2 quietly assumes you remember every bit of it.
You can clap it, but writing the right rests and beaming a bar of 6/8 correctly turns into a guessing game.
Between school, work and the instrument itself, theory is the thing that always slides to next week — and never quite happens.
Transposition, rests in the wrong place, terms you have never met — discovered for the first time under the clock.
None of this means you are bad at music. It means you were handed the rules without the reasoning. That is the part Min Min teaches.
What you will learn
Each grade is its own movement — a complete, self-contained set of skills that sets up the next.
First Movement
Grade 1
Build the alphabet of written music from zero.
Second Movement
Grade 2
Add minor keys and a wider harmonic vocabulary.
Third Movement
Grade 3
Read fluently and start thinking like a composer.
Where this takes you
When you understand what is on the page, your eyes stop spelling out every note. Reading gets faster because it finally makes sense.
Walk in having already met transposition, cadence-spotting and term translation a dozen times. Nothing on the paper is a first encounter.
Knowing why a phrase resolves the way it does lets you write and improvise with intention instead of hoping it sounds right.
ABRSM requires Grade 5 theory before Grade 6 practical exams. Solid Grades 1 to 3 now means no scramble later.
How the course runs
Everything is online and waiting whenever you are — with a real teacher on the other end of it.
One concept each, 6–10 minutes. Watch, pause and replay at your own pace.
Printable practice for every topic, returned with notes — not just a tick.
Bring the question that stumped you. Min Min works it through on screen.
Timed mock papers from Grade 1 to 3 with model answers and feedback.
Min Min Tay
Theory teacher & examiner
Your teacher
Min Min Tay has taught music theory to more than 300 students — from seven-year-olds meeting the treble clef for the first time to adult learners returning to music decades later. She has marked exam papers as a panel examiner, which means she teaches to exactly what the markers look for.
Her lessons strip the jargon out first. A diminished interval, a compound time signature, an Italian term — each one becomes a small, obvious idea once you see where it comes from. That is the whole method: pattern before memorisation.
From the students
I had failed Grade 5 theory twice before this. Min Min started me right back at Grade 1 and suddenly the whole thing made sense. Passed with Distinction.
Yvonne M.
Adult returner
My daughter went from dreading theory worksheets to asking to do the next lesson. The short videos and the marking made all the difference.
Daniel T.
Parent, Grade 2
Clear, calm and properly structured. Nothing on the exam paper surprised me because we had already met all of it. Worth far more than the price.
Priya S.
Grade 3 student
Enrolment
No tiers, no per-grade fees, no upsells. A single enrolment opens the complete Grade 1 to 3 theory course.
All three grades
Every lesson for Grades 1, 2 and 3 — the complete theory path in one enrolment.
Marked worksheets
Printable practice for every topic, returned with real notes rather than just a tick.
Past-paper drills
Timed mock papers across all three grades, with model answers and feedback.
Weekly live Q&A
Bring the question that stumped you — Min Min works it through on screen.
Lifetime access
Keep every lesson and update for as long as the course exists. Learn at your pace.
Private student area
One calm place for your lessons, worksheets and progress — no scattered links.
Try the lessons in full. If theory still is not clicking within 30 days, write to Min Min for a complete refund.
Start your enrolment
Leave your details and Min Min sends you a placement suggestion plus your secure checkout link within two days. One payment of $97 unlocks all three grades, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
No. Grade 1 starts at the very first note on the staff. If you already read a little, we place you where it makes sense rather than making you sit through what you know.
The curriculum is built around the ABRSM grades, which line up closely with Trinity and most school syllabuses. The reading and writing skills carry across all of them.
Most students spend six to ten weeks on a grade at a comfortable pace. You are never rushed — with lifetime access the lessons stay available whenever you need them.
Yes. A single payment of $97 unlocks every lesson, worksheet and past-paper drill across Grades 1 to 3, plus the weekly live Q&A. No tiers, no upsells, no per-grade fees.
Very common. Choose "Enrolling my child" on the form and tell us their age and current level — the pacing and worksheets adjust for younger learners.
You are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Work through the lessons, and if it is not helping, write to Min Min within 30 days for a full refund. No forms, no friction.
You can meet it having crammed, or having understood. All three grades, one payment of $97, taught by Min Min — make it the second one.
Enrol now — $97