Falling notes
Notes fall toward the red felt.
Blue for the right hand, orange for the left.
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Pianeroo
Learn piano on your tablet, for free.
Play the red line
This is the opening of Ode to Joy, the way the app teaches it. Play each note as it reaches the red felt. The left hand and a bar of clicks play along with you.
Tap the keys, press A S D F G on your keyboard, or plug in a MIDI piano. Each note is graded by the same scorer the app uses.
0 perfect · 0 good · 0 missed
Combo0
Accuracy100%
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Practise the hard part
One hand at a time
Pianeroo plays the other hand, or leaves it out.
Wait mode
The music stops until you find the note.
Finger numbers
On the notes and on the keys.
Any speed
From 25% to 150% of the written tempo.
Loop the tricky bars
Round and round until they’re easy.
Metronome and count-in
A bar of clicks before the first note.
Graded as you play
Perfect within 50 ms, good within 120.
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What’s inside
| Step | What it teaches | Kind | Hands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano from zero: meet the keyboard | |||
| Find middle C | Groups of black keys | Lesson | Both |
| Play middle C | Thumb on C, with the beat | Lesson | Right |
| Hand position | Finger numbers, C position | Lesson | Both |
| Five fingers, up and down | One finger per key | Lesson | Each hand |
| Reading the treble clef | Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit | Lesson | Right |
| Treble clef notes | Read as the cursor moves | Lesson | Right |
| Reading the bass clef | Good Boys Do Fine Always | Lesson | Left |
| Bass clef notes | Left hand in C position | Lesson | Left |
| Mary Had a Little Lamb | Traditional | Song | Both |
| Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | Both hands together, at last | Milestone | Both |
| Two hands | |||
| Hand coordination 1 | Left quarters, right 16ths | Warm-up | Both |
| Hand independence 1 | Quarter notes over triplets | Warm-up | Both |
| Lightly Row | Traditional | Song | Both |
| Ode to Joy | Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 | Song | Both |
| Minuet in G | Christian Petzold, 3/4 in G | Milestone | Both |
| Warm up like a pro | |||
| Vivaldi: block chords | Jazer Lee’s Vivaldi Warm Up, 6/8 | Warm-up | Both |
| Vivaldi: broken chords | Change the pedal every bar | Warm-up | Both |
| C major scale | Proper fingering, thumb under | Warm-up | Both |
| Vivaldi: staccato | Let go before half the note | Milestone | Both |
| And the whole warm-up library | |||
| Hand coordination | Any of the 12 keys | 5 levels | Both |
| Hand independence | Swing, then 2 against 3 | 3 exercises | Both |
| Scales | One or two octaves, 12 keys | Major and minor | Either or both |
| Chords and inversions | Major to 7ths, 12 keys | 9 kinds | Either or both |
| Chord progressions | I–IV–V–I and I–V–vi–IV | 2 progressions | Both |
| Alberti bass | The Mozart left hand | 2 progressions | Left |
| Arpeggios | 12 keys | Major and minor | Either or both |
Free. All of it.
Nothing is locked and nothing is for sale. Pianeroo is made by one person and kept going by the people who chip in, so if it helps you learn, you can help it stay free.
$0forever
- Every lesson, song and warm-up
- No ads, and no account to make
- Works offline once it’s installed
- The same app on iPad and Android
Hear about launch day
Coming to the App Store and Google Play.
Questions
- Do I need a real piano?
- No. The on-screen keyboard works on its own. Plug in a digital piano or MIDI keyboard over USB or Bluetooth and every note is graded. On an acoustic piano, the microphone can listen to one note at a time.
- Which tablets does it run on?
- iPad and Android tablets, held in landscape. It’s laid out for 10 and 13 inch screens, so there’s room for the music and the keys.
- Is it really free?
- Yes. Every lesson, song and warm-up is in the app, with nothing locked and no ads. If you’d like to help, sponsoring on GitHub pays for the time it takes.
- How does the scoring work?
- Each note has a target time. Within 50 ms is perfect, within 120 ms is good, and later or the wrong key is a miss. Chords count when every note lands. Timing comes from the piano’s own timestamps, and a tap-along test takes off your device’s delay.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Five starter songs come inside the app, and songs you download stay on the tablet. Your progress is stored there too. There is no account.
- Where should a beginner start?
- Piano from zero: 19 short steps from finding middle C to the Minuet in G. Two stars open the next step, and a daily warm-up keeps your streak going.