Fingers and Feet: A Journey to the Organ Bench is a new tutor book specifically created to support learners starting the organ as their very first instrument.

Unlike traditional organ tutors — which typically assume prior piano experience — Fingers and Feet is designed specifically for those starting the organ from scratch, including learners with no previous keyboard background.

Fingers and Feet is available below as a free PDF download, but also to purchase through RSCM Music Shop (click here).

Fingers and Feet is also accompanied by 34 short films that guide learners through posture, movement and first musical steps. To you can find the films here in First Stop! Click to following links to jump to the films for Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5.

Together, the tutor and films recognise the potential challenges beginners face when approaching the instrument: multiple manuals, the scale of the pedalboard, and the appearance of complex notation across three staves. Fingers and Feet addresses this with a clear, imaginative and accessible approach rooted in the principle of Sound to Sight — encouraging musical play before notation.

The Fingers and Feet tutor was developed by the Royal College of Organists and Diocese of Leeds Keyboard Studies Programme, with support from the Vinehill Trust. It was devised by organists Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Robin Harrison, and edited by David Pipe.