Learning the piano and struggling with hand independence, Brian Kent asked Claude for exercises and found its text suggestions sensible. To get sheet music he could print, he asked for the exercises in MusicXML format and opened the file in the free MuseScore app, which gave clean, readable scores one exercise at a time.
I'm a beginner piano player working on [SKILL, E.G. HAND INDEPENDENCE]. Suggest [NUMBER] short, progressive exercises for this, each with a one-line explanation of what it trains. Then write the first exercise as a complete MusicXML file, in [KEY] and [TIME SIGNATURE], no longer than [NUMBER] bars, so I can open it in MuseScore and print it.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Ask Claude for a handful of exercises in plain text first and try them at the keyboard.
- Ask for one exercise at a time as MusicXML, save it as a .musicxml file and open it in the free MuseScore app.
- Print it, play it slowly, and ask a teacher or a more experienced player if anything feels wrong.
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Reference: Brian Patrick Kent (crosstab.io)