•LIVE 1:1 ONLINE PIANO LESSONS•

Music is a Language. Let’s Learn to Speak It.

Here, you’ll learn that language from the ground up — to hear it, read it, write it, and finally to speak it through the piano.

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Testimonials

I was self-conscious about starting at 42. I assumed I’d be the slowest student he’d ever had. He never once made me feel that way. We’ve worked through Malayalam songs I grew up with, but properly, from the notation, so I understand what I’m playing instead of copying it. Now I can sit with a new piece on a Sunday morning and work it out myself. That was the whole reason I started.

Arjun, 42Personalized

I can play Twinkle Twinkle with both hands now!

Myra, 7Graded · ABRSM Grade 1

As a parent, I needed to trust the person on the other side of the screen. He’s patient with her, notices when she’s tired, and is honest with us. When we wanted her to sit the exam early, he said she needed two more months. I’m grateful he put her first.

Mother of Anika, 11Graded · ABRSM Grade 3

I learnt songs from YouTube but couldn’t read a single note. Now I don’t need the tutorials.

Rohan, 24Personalized

Every month I get to pick one song. This month I picked Harry Potter. Scales are boring but sir says they make the hard parts easy, and it’s actually true.

Vihaan, 10Personalized

I began at 59, after retiring from teaching. My fingers are slower than they used to be, and some days my memory is too. He adjusts the pace without ever making me feel slow, and he explains things the way a good teacher should: once clearly, then again differently if it hasn’t landed. Last month I played a complete piece for my grandchildren. That meant a great deal to me.

Lakshmi, 60Personalized

The midweek check-in is why I actually practise.

Priya, 28Personalized

He’s only five, and still, every single week, he learns something new on the keys.

Mother of Aarav, 5Personalized

Sir has a game where the notes are animals and you catch them. I’m the fastest now.

Ishaan, 9Graded · Trinity Grade 1

I learnt until Grade 2 as a child and forgot everything. This time I’m learning the reasoning behind what I play: why a chord feels unresolved, why the left hand moves the way it does. I listen to music differently now.

Meera, 51Personalized

We always know where Aditya stands and what comes next. Not just ‘he’s doing well’, but what he’s working on and why. When he started, he was copying hand positions and couldn’t read much. Over this year I’ve watched him open a piece he’s never seen and work through it on his own. He’s also more patient with himself, which I didn’t expect from piano lessons. That progress is what we’d hoped for.

Father of Aditya, 14Graded · ABRSM Grade 4

I played my song for Paati and she clapped!

Riya, 6Personalized

I’d tried and given up twice with apps. What I was missing was someone who notices the small things, like a dropped wrist or a rushed left hand, and explains why they matter. That’s made all the difference.

Sneha, 34Personalized

I only wanted movie songs. Now I can read them from the paper myself.

Kabir, 12Graded · Rockschool Grade 2

Saanvi is shy, and I worried she’d go quiet in an online class. By the third lesson she was laughing and showing him her drawings. He’s gentle with her, and she keeps moving forward without feeling pressured.

Mother of Saanvi, 8Personalized

Choose Your Path.
The Language Stays the Same.

Graded Path

The same language, with a certificate to prove it.

Rockschool ABRSM Trinity College London
Grades 1–8, across all three boards
Practical, theory and aural — taught together
Prepared on the board’s own syllabus
A credential recognized beyond piano

Each grade takes what it takes.

Grades 1–3 run 6–12 months each. Grades 6–8, twice that — the material genuinely deepens.

We won’t rush a grade to hit a date. The certificate is only worth what’s behind it.

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Fees depend on grade and board — covered on the trial call.

Personalized Path

Your pace, your interests, no exam clock running.

Curated for you Flexible syllabus
Read music instead of memorizing it
Play what you love, not just what’s assigned
Ear, rhythm and harmony from the ground up
A curriculum that bends around you

There is an end to this.

Reading pieces and playing with both hands in 6–10 months. Playing comfortably, at a good level, in 18–24 months.

The point is to stop needing lessons — not to keep booking them.

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Fees depend on level and pace — covered on the trial call.

Everything You Need to Start.

If you have these four things, you’re ready to start today:

4+ Years Old

From four upwards — children and adults alike.

An Instrument at Home

Any piano or digital instrument works.

A Spark of Interest

That’s the only motivation you need on day one.

20 Focused Minutes a Day

Steady daily practice is all it takes.

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A parent and child's hands playing piano together

•How Each Session Works•

One Lesson. One Check-in. Every Week.

50 min session + 10 min check‑in = 60 minutes a week — for example, a Sunday session and a Wednesday check‑in.

One lesson50 min

Check-in10 min

•Why Us•

One key per door. Or one key for all of them.

Learn song by song, and some doors never open.

Most piano lessons teach you one song at a time — one key for one door, picked by someone else. Anything you were not taught stays locked. Learning to read music gives you the master key instead: every door opens, not just the ones you were shown.

Goutham Krishna, online piano teacher and founder of Parla Piano School

•The Teacher•

Hello — I’m Goutham.

I’m a Grade 8 pianist, and for the past 8 years I’ve taught piano to 250+ students across 6+ countries. Again and again I saw the same pattern: students who could play three pieces beautifully, but were lost the moment a new sheet appeared. They had been taught songs — nobody had taught them music.

So this school works the other way around. We start with the language itself — how notes, rhythm and harmony work — and the pieces follow naturally, whether you are working toward a certificate or simply want to sit down and play. You will not leave here with a list of memorized songs. You will leave able to teach yourself the next one.

Goutham Krishna PKR Founder & Teacher
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•FAQ•

Questions Worth Answering

Any piano or digital instrument with at least 61 keys is enough to begin. As you progress we will talk about what instrument actually suits where you are heading.

That is exactly what we are here to fix. Reading starts in the very first lessons — the same way you would learn the alphabet of any new language.

Children and adults both: piano lessons for kids from about four, and online piano lessons for adults at any age, including complete beginners. The approach does not change — only the pace and the material do.

One 50-minute lesson a week at a fixed slot that suits you, plus a short midweek check-in. We’ll set the rhythm together on the trial call and adjust it as your schedule changes.

There’s no single price, because there’s no single student. Fees depend on the path, the grade level, and how much contact time a student actually needs — a Grade 1 beginner and a Grade 7 exam candidate are doing very different amounts of work. We’ll give you a clear, specific number in the last 15 minutes of the free trial, once we know what you actually need.

Yes. We teach across every time zone and schedule around your local evenings and weekends, so lessons land after school or after work rather than at odd hours.