The drill
set.
Lesson 2 surfaced a handful of skills that can't be learned in a 30-minute weekly window. They need daily, low-stakes repetition. These modules exist to provide it.
The Premise
Some things need a teacher. Some things need a metronome.
Ted's job is the high-bandwidth stuff — feedback, demonstration, judgment calls about what to focus on next. Thirty minutes a week is plenty for that.
But a handful of skills from Lesson 2 don't get better through explanation — they get better through volume. Reading staff notation, parsing rhythm, hearing tonal resolution, and reading whole melodies all require hundreds of low-stakes reps before they become automatic.
These modules are the metronome. Use them daily, in short bursts. Aim for five minutes each, not thirty of one.
What's in the set
Four modulesRead the note.
A note appears on the treble clef staff. You name it. The 13 first-position pitches you play are mapped to their conventional written positions — including the low E with three ledger lines below the staff that you'll see in any real guitar score.
Why it earns a module: automaticity comes from hundreds of reps. A weekly lesson can't deliver that. Keyboard shortcuts (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) let you drill at pace.
Open Module 01 →Hear the count.
Whole, half, quarter, eighth notes. How they fit in a 4/4 measure. How to count them aloud. Web Audio plays the measures with a four-click metronome lead-in so you can hear where beats actually sit. Mix of visual, math, counting, and audio questions.
Why it earns a module: rhythm requires audio feedback. Paper alone can't teach when "and" lands. The metronome is non-negotiable here.
Open Module 02 →Hear the gravity.
A short phrase plays in C major. You decide whether it lands home or leaves the ear hanging. Half of the 50 phrases resolve to C; half end on unstable notes (the leading tone B, the dominant G, the subdominant F). Each result explains why.
Why it earns a module: the harmonic series explanation landed for you intellectually. This trains the ear separately. The two systems aren't the same.
Open Module 03 →Read the song.
Four public-domain melodies — Ode to Joy, Twinkle Twinkle, Amazing Grace, Scarborough Fair — written in standard notation with tab underneath. Press play and the notes light up as they sound. Toggle the tab off when staff reading starts to click.
Why it earns a module: isolated notes from Module 01 teach pitch. Real melodies teach reading at pace, in context, with your ear already telling you what to expect.
Open Module 04 →The diagnostic
15 questions / ~5 minA short diagnostic across all three areas. Tells you where you actually stand — which module deserves the most time this week, which one can wait. Audio plays for some questions, so turn the sound on.
Read the note.
A note appears on the staff. Name it. The goal is automaticity — eventually you stop thinking, you just read.
Hear the count.
A measure plays. You identify what's in it. Audio is the ground truth — paper alone won't teach this.
Hear the gravity.
A short phrase in C major plays. Decide: does it land home, or does it leave the ear hanging?
Read the song.
Familiar tunes give the ear something to anchor to while the eye learns the staff. Notation on top, tab underneath. Hide the tab when it stops helping.