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The same curriculum, the same notation, the same composition tools, the same Maestro. Just adapted — one concept per page, clearer prose, larger fonts — for students who are ready for the real method but not yet ready for the adult voice.
Junior is not a watered-down children's track. It is the standard Gradus curriculum, presented at a reading level and pace appropriate for ages ten to thirteen.
Every Junior lesson uses the same hand-authored staff notation as the adult curriculum. No simplified diagrams. The notes a student sees are the notes a Bach chorale uses.
Each lesson focuses on a single musical idea — a triad, a cadence, a suspension. No long detours. The student finishes a lesson knowing one thing well.
The adult lessons sometimes open with philosophical context. Junior lessons start with the music. Terms are introduced, then used. No jargon unexplained.
Master Sketchbook, Counterpoint Workshop, Ear Training, Critique by Maestro — Junior students have the full toolkit, the same as adult students.
Every lesson includes a collapsible parent and teacher section with facilitation tips — what to look for, how to help when the student is stuck.
Junior covers the entire curriculum, from the perfect fifth through fugue, romantic harmony, atonality, and the final capstone composition. Nothing is left out.
This is an excerpt from Step 1, the first lesson in the Junior curriculum. Press play to hear how the notation sounds. This is exactly what students see and hear inside the app.
Today you will meet two notes that have anchored Western music for a thousand years: C and G.
C is called the tonic — the home note. G is called the dominant, and it sits five steps above C. Together they form what musicians call a perfect fifth.
Listen carefully. The two notes do not fight each other. They sound open and stable — like a door standing wide.
Every musical sound contains quieter, higher tones hidden inside it. These are called overtones. The perfect fifth is the very first new tone hidden inside any note you play — your ear already knows it before anyone names it. That is why this interval has sounded right to people on every continent for thousands of years.
Junior covers all ten foundational stages of the Gradus method — in full, not watered down. From there, students step up to the Gradus track for the final year: the masterworks intensive and an original capstone. The same path the adult curriculum takes — at a younger reader's pace.
Young Composers (ages 6–9) — adventure-map visuals, audio narration, no reading required.
Junior Composers (ages 10–13) — refined Gradus visuals, one concept per page, simplified prose.
Gradus Composers (ages 14+) — the complete method as written.
A student can switch tiers at any time from Settings. The progress carries with them.
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The same method that trained Mozart, adapted for the composer at your kitchen table.
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