Listening
Learning to hear before immediately trying to reproduce.
A five-week introduction
Discover Classicco
A five-week introduction to the Classicco approach for adults who want to understand how to learn, practise, and think about music at the piano.
Curious about Classicco, but not sure if this approach is for you?
Discover Classicco is five private lessons, taught one a week, in which we work individually on listening, rhythm, reading and musical understanding — with a personalised video from me between each lesson.
5 weeks · 5 private online lessons · 45 minutes each
One lesson a week, with a personalised video from Melanie between lessons
€245
No long-term commitment. Five weeks to experience the approach.
Every lesson is private, so the work stays entirely adapted to you.
What this is, and what it is not
A structured five-week experience, not a bundle of lessons.
The question at the centre of these five weeks is simple: “What is different about Classicco?” Discover Classicco gives you the opportunity to find the answer for yourself, in your own playing.
Discover Classicco is not
- A five-week promise to “learn piano”.
- A shortened version of the Academy.
- A discounted bundle of five unrelated lessons.
- A challenge or an intensive.
- A trial product.
What is included
Five weeks, five private lessons.
- 5 private online lessons
- Taught individually, live and online.
- 45 minutes per lesson
- Long enough to work properly, short enough to stay attentive.
- 1 lesson per week
- A weekly rhythm that leaves room for reflection between lessons.
- A personalised video each week
- Recorded for you after each lesson, addressing your own playing.
- Individual guidance
- Adapted to your starting point, your musical experience and your goals.
The personalised weekly videos are there to reinforce the work between lessons: each one gives you something concrete to listen to, to practise, or to think about during the week, so the time between lessons becomes part of the learning.
What makes Classicco different?
Understanding rather than speed.
Classicco is interested not only in “Can you play the notes?” but also in “Do you understand what you are hearing, why the music works, and what you are doing?”
Rhythm
Feeling and understanding rhythm rather than simply counting.
Reading
Learning to understand notation as a representation of musical ideas, rather than just decoding symbols.
Musical thinking
Developing the ability to make musical decisions and understand what you are playing.
Who it is for
Maybe you’ve been wondering…
- You have always wanted to learn the piano, and never quite began.
- You are a complete beginner, starting from the very first note.
- You are returning to the piano after many years.
- You have taken traditional lessons before, and something was missing.
- You can play a little, but feel you do not really understand the music.
- You would rather develop musical understanding than simply reproduce notes.
- You are curious about Classicco, but not ready to commit to a six-month programme.
Any of these is a perfectly good place to begin. Nothing needs to be corrected before you start.
The five-week structure
One month and a week, three stages.
Week 1
Where are you starting?
An individual look at your musical experience, goals, and current way of learning.
We begin by understanding where you are: what you have played, what you listen to, how you practise, and what you would like to understand.
Weeks 2–4
Building the foundations
Lessons adapted to the individual.
Piano playing, reading, rhythm, listening and musicianship are brought together, in the proportion that your own playing asks for.
Week 5
Looking forward
A review of what has developed.
We look at what has changed over the five weeks, and I give you clear guidance on what to work on next.
The outcome of these five weeks is a first experience of musical understanding through the Classicco approach, and a clear sense of where to go next.
What you will experience
In five weeks, you’ll get a taste of…
- How I approach teaching the piano differently.
- How listening can change the way you play.
- How rhythm can become something you feel.
- How reading music can become more meaningful.
- How the different parts of musical understanding connect.
- What learning with Classicco actually feels like.
The format
Private, live, and personal.
Every lesson is taught live and online, in English, one to one. Lesson times are arranged with you directly before we begin.
5 private lessons · 225 minutes of live teaching · a personalised video each week
- Length
- 5 weeks
- Lessons
- 5 private online lessons
- Each lesson
- 45 minutes
- Rhythm
- One lesson a week
- Between lessons
- A personalised video each week
- Price
- €245
After the five weeks
There are ways to continue studying.
Discover Classicco is complete in itself. If you would like to carry on afterwards, we can talk about continued individual teaching at the pace and frequency that suit your week.
Afterwards
And if you want to go further…
Discover Classicco is an introduction.
I’m currently developing the Classicco 6-Month Piano Academy — a deeper learning experience designed to build musical understanding over time, for complete beginners and adults returning to the piano after many years.
The Academy is still in development and is not open for enrolment yet. Discover Classicco gives you the opportunity to experience the philosophy behind it and decide whether you’d like to continue when the Academy opens.
Curious?
Come and discover Classicco.
5 weeks · 5 private online lessons · 45 minutes each
One lesson a week, with a personalised video from Melanie between lessons
€245
You don’t need to know yet whether Classicco is right for you. That’s exactly what these five weeks are for.