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Guides and tips on playing piano in your browser.
Best Free Online Piano in 2026
A clear, honest look at what separates a great web piano from a mediocre one — sound quality, latency, features and privacy — and how this one holds up.
Easy Piano Songs You Can Play Right Now
A hand-picked path from your very first note to a real melody — beginner-friendly piano songs you can play in your browser today, no sheet music required.
Für Elise: Easy Notes and How to Play It
Learn to play Beethoven's Für Elise with easy letter notes. Open the on-screen keyboard, follow the Wide1 key layout, and play the famous opening yourself — no sheet music needed.
Happy Birthday: Piano Notes for Beginners
Play Happy Birthday on piano with easy letter notes. Open the song page, follow the Wide1 key layout, and learn this handy tune in minutes — no sheet music required.
Jingle Bells: Easy Piano Notes
Play Jingle Bells on piano with easy letter notes. Open the song page, follow the Wide1 key layout, and learn this catchy holiday favorite in minutes — no sheet music needed.
Understanding Major vs Minor Chords
Major and minor chords are the same three ingredients with one note shifted by a semitone. Learn the formula, hear the mood difference, and play both instantly in your browser.
Metronome Practice Building a Steady Tempo
Learn why a metronome is the most important practice tool and how to use the built-in metronome on the home page to build a steady, reliable sense of tempo.
Pentatonic Scales: The Shortcut to Improvising
The pentatonic scale uses just five notes and almost never clashes. Learn the major and minor pentatonic formulas and start improvising melodies that sound good instantly.
Piano Chords for Beginners: A Visual Guide
Learn what piano chords are, how major and minor chords are built, and play every chord instantly in your browser.
How to Play Piano With Your Computer Keyboard
Turn the QWERTY keyboard in front of you into a playable piano. Full key map for the default layout, three switchable layouts, sustain, octave and transpose.
How to Practice Piano Without a Real Instrument
No piano at home? No problem. A practical guide to building real skills — timing, ear, chords and repertoire — using only your laptop and browser.
Reading Letter-Notation Piano Sheets
Letter notation replaces staff notation with single characters mapped to your keyboard, so you can play real songs without reading sheet music. Here's how the system works.
How to Record Your Piano Playing and Download It as MP3
Learn the Record, Play, Download workflow to capture your online piano playing as an MP3 file, processed entirely in your browser with nothing uploaded.
7 Instrument Sounds on Keyboard Play: Which to Choose
A friendly guide to the 7 instrument sounds on this online piano — Piano, Rhodes, Harp, Marimba, Synth, Music Box and Organ — and which to pick for the song you are playing.
The Sustain Pedal Explained Holding Notes on the Online Piano
Learn what the sustain pedal does and how to hold notes on the online piano by pressing the Space key for richer, connected chords and smooth arpeggios.
Transpose vs Octave What's the Difference
Confused by Transpose and Octave on the online piano? Learn how Octave shifts the whole keyboard by an octave while Transpose moves notes by semitones to change key.
The 12 Major Scales and Why They Matter
The 12 major scales share one simple pattern of whole and half steps. Learn the W-W-H-W-W-W-H formula, see the notes for each key, and practice them in your browser.