Virtual piano keyboard

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Learn a song: pick one, and its notes fall onto the keys.

C3–G5

How do I play the piano online?

Click or tap the keys, or play this free virtual piano with your computer keyboard: the bottom row of letters, from Z, plays the low notes, and the top row, from Q, plays the high notes. To learn a song, pick it above the keys. Its notes fall onto the keys, and the song waits for the right key.

How to play the virtual piano

Tap or click a key to play it. Slide a finger along the keys to play a run of notes.
On a computer, play with the letter keys. Each key on the screen shows its letter.
Press Sustain, or hold the space bar, to let the notes ring like a piano pedal.
Use the arrows under the keys to move the keyboard up or down an octave.

To learn a song, pick it above the keys. Its notes fall onto the keyboard, and the next key glows. The song waits until you play the right key, so you can take your time. Press Listen to hear the song first, and pick a slower speed if the notes fall too fast. When the song ends, you get a score: the share of your key presses that were right.

The computer keys

The bottom row of letters plays the lower octave and the top row plays the higher ones, as on many music programs. The keys sit where the piano keys do: the letter rows are the white keys, and the row above each one holds the black keys.

Z X C V B N M: the white keys C3 to B3. S D G H J: the black keys between them.
Q W E R T Y U I: the white keys C4 to C5. 2 3 5 6 7: the black keys between them.
O P [ ]: D5, E5, F5 and G5, with 9 0 = for the black keys.

Piano letter notes for every song

Each song of the piano has a page with its notes as letters, line by line, with the words, the fingers to use and the computer key for each note. Keep it open next to the piano, then press its button to play the song here. Start with the easy piano songs, sorted from the fewest keys to the most.

新手提示

Start with Hot Cross Buns or Mary Had a Little Lamb: three or four keys, all close together.
Middle C is C4, the C near the middle of a real piano. Most songs here start close to it. Read the names of the piano keys to find every note.
Use one finger per key: thumb on C, and the next fingers on D, E, F and G.
Play a song slowly until you score 100%, then turn the speed up.

What a virtual piano can teach

A virtual piano is a good first step. You learn where each note is, how to read letter notes, and how a melody moves under your fingers. The falling notes and the Listen button teach the rhythm, and the score shows how many keys you got right.

It can't teach touch. A real piano has heavy keys, plays louder or softer as you press, and has 88 keys for two hands. When the songs here feel easy, those are the next things to learn, on a keyboard or a piano.

常見問題

Is this virtual piano unblocked? Does it work on a school Chromebook?

It is a normal web page on lifesim.com with nothing to download, so it runs in Chrome on a Chromebook. Some school filters block every game site, so we can't promise that yours allows it. Once the page is open, the piano needs no network.

Which computer keys play which notes?

Z, X, C, V, B, N and M play the white keys from C3 to B3, and S, D, G, H and J play the black keys between them. Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U and I play C4 to C5, with 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 for the black keys. O, P, [ and ] go on up to G5. Each key shows its letter.

Which songs can I learn?

16 songs, from easy to hard: Hot Cross Buns, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Frère Jacques, Row Row Row Your Boat, London Bridge, Old MacDonald, Ode to Joy, Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Silent Night, Greensleeves, Minuet in G, Für Elise, Canon in D and In the Hall of the Mountain King. Each one is a traditional song, or by a composer who died more than 100 years ago, and each one has a page with its letter notes.

Can I learn to play the piano on a virtual piano?

You can learn the names of the keys, read letter notes, and play melodies in time, which is how most beginners start. A real piano adds what a screen can't: heavy keys, louder and softer notes as you press, and two hands on 88 keys.

Can I play chords, or two notes at once?

Yes. Press several computer keys at once, or touch the screen with more than one finger. Each note sounds until you let go, or longer with Sustain.

How many keys does a real piano have?

88: 52 white keys and 36 black keys, from A0 to C8. This piano shows as many keys as fit your screen: about 1.5 octaves on a phone and 2.5 on a computer. The arrows under the keys move it up or down an octave.

Why is there no sound on my phone?

Turn the volume up, and check that the speaker button above the keys is on. On an iPhone, also turn off silent mode: some iPhones play no sound from web pages in silent mode. The sound starts with your first tap on a key.

Is it a recording of a real piano?

No. Your browser makes each note itself with the Web Audio API: a few tones that fade like a piano string. The page downloads no sound files, so it works on a slow school network.

我可以挑戰朋友嗎？

Yes. Play a song to the end, then press Share or Copy link. The link opens the same song, with your score to beat.