diff --git a/python-backend/musicmouse/tippen/curriculum.py b/python-backend/musicmouse/tippen/curriculum.py
index bcfa26e..09bb0b1 100644
--- a/python-backend/musicmouse/tippen/curriculum.py
+++ b/python-backend/musicmouse/tippen/curriculum.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class _YamlRoot(_Strict):
             problems.append(f"expected {len(CREATURE_IDS)} worlds, found {len(self.worlds)}")
 
         seen_rewards: set[CreatureId] = set()
+        # A lesson's `keys` is its spotlight, not only what is new: a round may list
+        # every key learned so far to drill them evenly. What must stay small is how
+        # much is *new* in one round - two keys, the mirrored finger pair.
+        seen_keys: set[str] = set()
         for world in self.worlds:
             if world.reward in seen_rewards:
                 problems.append(f"world {world.number} reuses reward {world.reward!r}")
@@ -121,8 +125,10 @@ class _YamlRoot(_Strict):
                     problems.append(f'{where}: kind "{kind}" needs a non-empty words list')
                 if lesson.drill and lesson.keys:
                     problems.append(f"{where}: a drill cannot also introduce keys")
-                if lesson.keys and len(lesson.keys) > 2:
-                    problems.append(f"{where}: at most two keys per lesson")
+                new_keys = [key for key in (lesson.keys or ()) if key not in seen_keys]
+                if len(new_keys) > 2:
+                    problems.append(f"{where}: at most two new keys per lesson")
+                seen_keys.update(lesson.keys or ())
                 if lesson.mode and lesson.mode not in ELIGIBLE_MODES[kind]:
                     problems.append(f'{where}: mode "{lesson.mode}" does not fit kind "{kind}"')
 
@@ -278,7 +284,13 @@ def _build_lessons(worlds: tuple[_YamlWorld, ...]) -> tuple[Lesson, ...]:
                     subtitle=entry.subtitle,
                     kind=kind,
                     new_keys=new_keys,
-                    spotlight_keys=keys if kind == "letters" and not is_drill else (),
+                    # A round that lists every key learned so far still spotlights only
+                    # what it introduces - a lesson titled "K" must drill K, not spread
+                    # itself evenly over all five keys it happens to name. With nothing
+                    # new, the whole list is the spotlight: that is the "mixed" replay.
+                    spotlight_keys=(
+                        (new_keys or keys) if kind == "letters" and not is_drill else ()
+                    ),
                     emphasis=emphasis,
                     active_keys=active_keys,
                     primary_mode=primary_mode,
diff --git a/python-backend/tests/test_tippen_curriculum.py b/python-backend/tests/test_tippen_curriculum.py
index 94c7eb5..76458cb 100644
--- a/python-backend/tests/test_tippen_curriculum.py
+++ b/python-backend/tests/test_tippen_curriculum.py
@@ -117,19 +117,21 @@ def test_wrong_world_count_is_one_problem(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
 def test_multiple_problems_are_all_reported_at_once(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     worlds = [dict(w) for w in VALID["worlds"]]
-    # Two independent problems in one file: a reused reward, and a lesson with too many
-    # keys - both should show up in a single error, not just the first one found.
+    # Two independent problems in one file: a reused reward, and a lesson introducing
+    # too many keys at once - both should show up in a single error, not just the first
+    # one found. ("a" and "s" are already taught in world 1, so only the three unseen
+    # keys count against the cap.)
     worlds[1] = {**worlds[1], "reward": "clownfish"}
     worlds[2] = {
         **worlds[2],
-        "lessons": [{"title": "Zu viel", "subtitle": "x", "keys": ["a", "s", "d"]}],
+        "lessons": [{"title": "Zu viel", "subtitle": "x", "keys": ["a", "s", "q", "w", "e"]}],
     }
     with pytest.raises(CurriculumError) as excinfo:
         load_curriculum(_write(tmp_path, {"worlds": worlds}))
     message = str(excinfo.value)
     assert "2 problems" in message
     assert "reuses reward" in message
-    assert "at most two keys" in message
+    assert "at most two new keys" in message
 
 
 def test_letters_kind_cannot_have_words(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
diff --git a/python-backend/tippen-curriculum.yml.example b/python-backend/tippen-curriculum.yml.example
index 25a2307..818612d 100644
--- a/python-backend/tippen-curriculum.yml.example
+++ b/python-backend/tippen-curriculum.yml.example
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # The typing game's lesson plan, referenced from config.yml's general.tippen.curriculum_file.
 #
 # Every lesson: title, subtitle (read aloud). Then either:
-#   - keys: the letters-kind key(s) this round drills. The loader tracks which keys were
-#     already active: the first time a key appears its lesson is "isolated" (heavy
-#     weight, alone); the second (identical) appearance is "mixed" (lighter weight,
-#     blended with everything learned so far). Two lessons with the same `keys` back to
-#     back is exactly how you write "isolated, then mixed" - no separate flag needed.
+#   - keys: the letters-kind keys this round has on the table. At most two of them may
+#     be new; the rest are keys already taught, written out to say "these are in play
+#     too". The loader tracks which keys were already active and spotlights only what is
+#     new, so `keys: [f, j, a, d, k]` right after `[f, j, a, d]` is a K lesson with the
+#     other four as review ("isolated" - heavy weight on K). A round that introduces
+#     nothing new spotlights its whole list instead ("mixed" - lighter weight, blended
+#     with everything learned so far), so two lessons with the same `keys` back to back
+#     is exactly how you write "isolated, then mixed" - no separate flag needed.
 #   - drill: true - a pure review round, no new content, whatever is active so far.
 #   - kind + words - a fragments/words/sentences consolidation round (dive mode by
 #     default; `mode:` overrides it - see the backend's `ELIGIBLE_MODES` for which
@@ -18,8 +21,11 @@
 #
 #   unlocks: <path>
 #
-# A path into the music library (see config.yml's general.library.root - absolute, or
-# relative to it; "~" is expanded). Passing this lesson (two stars, or five attempts
+# A path into the music library, written relative to config.yml's
+# general.library.root - "Musik/Klaviersammlung/Lied.mp3", not a path from "/" or "~".
+# (An absolute path, or one starting with "~", still resolves, so an old file keeps
+# working - but relative is the form to write, since it survives moving the library.)
+# Passing this lesson (two stars, or five attempts
 # regardless of score) unlocks that track and everything before it in the same album,
 # inclusive - so pointing at an album's last track unlocks the whole album, and
 # pointing at track 5 of an audiobook unlocks chapters 1 through 5. The web front-end
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ worlds:
         subtitle: "Die Ringfinger"
         keys: [s, l]
         # Example - unlocks tracks 1 through 5 (inclusive) of this album:
-        # unlocks: ~/Music/Musik/Kinderparty - Kinderparty Lieder/05 - Lied.mp3
+        # unlocks: "Musik/Kinderparty - Kinderparty Lieder/05 - Lied.mp3"
       - title: "S und L üben"
         subtitle: "Die neuen Tasten festigen"
         keys: [s, l]
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ worlds:
         drill: true
         # Example - unlocks a whole audiobook (its last chapter, inclusive of every
         # chapter before it):
-        # unlocks: ~/Music/Hörbücher/Conni - Conni in den Bergen/06 - Teil.mp3
+        # unlocks: "Hörbücher/Conni - Conni in den Bergen/06 - Teil.mp3"
 
   - number: 3
     title: "Nach unten"
@@ -295,7 +301,7 @@ worlds:
         drill: true
         # Example - unlocks a whole podcast show (its most recent episode, and every
         # earlier one of the same show, chronologically):
-        # unlocks: ~/Music/Kinderpodcasts/Wissen macht Ah/20260101 - Neu.mp3
+        # unlocks: "Kinderpodcasts/Wissen macht Ah/20260101 - Neu.mp3"
 
   - number: 4
     title: "Große Buchstaben"