Keyboard
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Unlock the rhythm, play your favourite tunes, and let your creativity
take centre stage - one key at a time! Master the keys with refined technique,
expressive playing, and expert-led training designed to bring out your finest
musical potential.
it all starts with a demo class
Structured Keyboard training, graded from Initial through Diploma level.
Keyboard Classes · Ages 8 to Adult
One instrument, two skills: playing and arranging.
We teach electronic keyboard through the Trinity College London syllabus — a graded pathway that trains melody, chords,
and auto-accompaniment together, so students become confident all-round keyboard musicians, not just note-readers.
Why Structured Keyboard Training
The keyboard rewards a different kind of musician
An electronic keyboard can be played like a piano, but it's built to do more - auto-accompaniment, layered voices, adjustable styles. Left untrained, most self-taught players use maybe a third of what the instrument offers. A syllabus-led class builds all of it, deliberately.
The Trinity College London Syllabus
Nine grades. Melody and chords, growing together
Every student is placed on the Trinity electronic keyboard grade ladder based on a short assessment, then works upward. Each grade adds new chord vocabulary, new left-hand technique, and more demanding right-hand melody lines
Inside Every Exam
What a Trinity keyboard grade actually tests...
Each grade exam is built from a small set of components. We rehearse every one of them in class, months ahead of the exam date - not just the pieces.
Format & Weekly Rhythm
What actually happens in a class
Every session follows the same disciplined shape, whether a student is seven years old and starting Initial grade, or an adult picking up keyboard for the first time.
What You'll Need At Home
The right keyboard makes practice possible.
♪ A minimum 61-key, touch-sensitive keyboard with auto-accompaniment / style function
♪ 20–30 minutes of daily practice for Initial–Grade 3 students
♪ 30–45 minutes for Grade 4 and above, split across chords, melody, and full pieces
♪ Headphones recommended for shared or late-evening practice
♪ A practice log reviewed at the start of every class
Why TRINITY ?
Trinity College London (TCL) is widely recognized as one of the premier international examination boards for Electronic Keyboard,
offering a structured yet adaptable approach to music education.
Before comparing syllabuses, it helps to know who is behind the certificate on the wall.
Board Comparison
Why we teach TRINITY
Several boards offer a keyboard grade, but many simply borrow their piano syllabus and drop the accompaniment.
Trinity treats the electronic keyboard as its own instrument, with its own skills.
At a glance
Keyboard, next to piano
Families often ask which instrument to start on. Here's the honest difference in what each syllabus asks of a student.
| Electronic Keyboard | Piano | |
|---|---|---|
| Left hand role | Chords – one-finger, then fingered | Independent melodic line, matching the right hand’s complexity |
| Sound & arranging | Choice of voices, styles, and auto-accompaniment | A fixed piano tone; expression comes from touch and pedalling |
| Entry cost | Lower – a touch-sensitive 61-key keyboard is enough to start | Higher – needs an acoustic or weighted digital piano eventually |
| Ceiling | Grades Initial–8 | Grades Initial–8, then ATCL / LTCL diploma levels |
Our Faculty
Taught by examiners' standards, not guesswork...
Every instructor at MSMA is trained specifically on the current Trinity electronic keyboard syllabus and its marking criteria,
so class time is spent building exactly what the exam rewards.
♪ Instructors trained across both keyboard technique and arranging/accompaniment skills
♪ Ongoing training on each new Trinity syllabus release
♪ Mock exams conducted in-house before every real exam sitting
♪ A dedicated exam coordinator who handles entries, dates and paperwork
Book your Keyboard demo class
Tell us a little about the student, and we'll get back within one working day with class timings and the right grade to start from.