Online piano
A free online piano for mouse, touch, computer keyboard or your digital piano. It names the chords you play, labels the keys and records a take. No download.
Common questions
Is this online piano free?
Yes, and there is no sign-up. Everything on the page works: all 88 keys, the sustain pedal, the scale reference, the metronome and playback. What this site charges for is the course and the sheet music, not the piano.
Is it a real recorded piano?
It is. The sound is sampled from a Yamaha C5 grand, at four levels of touch across the whole keyboard, so playing softly changes the tone and not only the volume. The recordings load in the background and a synthesised piano covers anything that has not arrived, so a key always sounds the instant you press it.
Can I play it with my computer keyboard?
Yes. Z X C V B N M are the white keys, S D G H J the black ones, and the Q row is an octave higher. Space is the sustain pedal, ← → or [ ] change octave, and holding Shift plays louder.
Can I connect my own digital piano?
Yes. Connect it over USB and press “Connect a piano”; both your touch and your sustain pedal come through. Web MIDI exists only in Chrome and Edge today, so on other browsers the button is simply not there.
Does it work on a phone?
It does, several fingers at a time. A phone starts on one octave on purpose — keys wide enough to hit beat three octaves of wrong notes — and “How much to show” widens it in one tap.
Does playing here count towards my practice record?
No. This page records nothing and moves no review card. Free play is the one thing here with no standard to meet, which is exactly why it must not be what satisfies one.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. It plays in the browser tab you have open, on a computer, a tablet or a phone. Nothing is installed and nothing asks for an account; close the tab and it is gone.
Can it show the note names on the keys?
Yes. “Name every key” writes its note name on every key, and on a tablet or computer “Show the staff” writes the notes you are holding on a staff above the keys, so you can see where each one sits in written music.
Can it tell me what chord I am playing?
Yes. Hold two notes and the line above the keys names the interval; hold three or four and it names the chord and its inversion, adding “over” and the lowest note (“over E4”) when that note is not the root. It names the triads and seventh chords the course teaches.
Can I record what I play?
Yes — up to 2 minutes, pedal included, played back on this page. The take is never uploaded, saved or offered as a download: it stays in this tab and is gone when you reload.