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Online Piano.
A free online piano keyboard with two octaves from C4 to C6. Play freely, or pick a melody and follow the highlighted key.
All agesAge guidance
Preparing your game…
How to play
Goal. Play a two-octave piano from C4 to C6 with your computer keys or a touchscreen, or follow a melody one highlighted key at a time.
Playing
- White keys on the lower letter row, Z to M, play C4 to B4. The upper row, Q to I, plays C5 to C6. S, D, G, H, J and the number keys 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 play the black keys.
- Hold a key to sustain the note and press several at once for chords. On a phone, tap or slide across the keys and switch between the low and high octave.
- Choose Piano, Organ or Music box, and show computer keys, note names or no labels on the keys.
Following a melody
- Pick a melody: the next key glows gold and the progress bar fills as you play. A wrong key sounds but does not move you on.
- Listen plays the tune and lights each key as it goes. Start over returns to the first note.
| Note | E | E | F | G | G | F | E | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key | C | C | V | B | B | V | C | X |
Tips
- Rest three fingers on Z, X and C and you can play the start of Mary Had a Little Lamb without moving your hand.
- Twinkle, Twinkle uses only white keys in the lower octave; listen once, then play it from memory.
- Use headphones on a phone: the small speaker loses the low notes.
Credits and licences
- Every sound is synthesized live in your browser with the Web Audio API. No recordings or samples are used.
- All five melodies are in the public domain: Ode to Joy (Beethoven, 1824), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (French melody, 1761), Frère Jacques (traditional), Mary Had a Little Lamb (traditional, 1830) and Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont, 1857). The arrangements are Leaf Arcade's own.
Controls
- Lower letter row Z X C V B N M plays C4 to B4 with S D G H J as the black keys; upper row Q W E R T Y U I plays C5 to C6 with 2 3 5 6 7 as the black keys. Hold a key to sustain it. On a touchscreen, tap or slide across the keys and use several fingers for chords; on a phone, switch between the low and high octave.
