Online Piano
A virtual piano keyboard with a recorded grand piano sound. Click, tap, type or plug in a MIDI keyboard, and it names the chord you play.
Play some notes
Keyboard: Z to M and Q to U play two octaves, Space is the sustain pedal, ← → move an octave. A MIDI keyboard also works in Chrome and Edge.
How to play the online piano
This online piano lets you play piano online for free: click or tap the keys, type on your computer keyboard or plug in a MIDI keyboard, and you hear a recorded grand piano, with up to 88 keys, a sustain pedal, recording and the name of the chord you play. To play the online piano, click or tap a key. On a touch screen you can press several keys at once and slide along the keys for a glissando. On a computer the two letter rows are the keys: Z to M play the lower octave (the row above them, S D G H J, are the black keys) and Q to U play the octave above (with 2 3 5 6 7 as the black keys). The letters are printed on the keys so you can find them. The keys follow their position on the keyboard, not the letter, so the same shape works on QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards.
Hold Space for the sustain pedal, or press Sustain to keep it down. The arrow keys, or the octave buttons, move the keyboard up and down. Choose All 88 keys for a full-size piano keyboard online, from A0 at the bottom to C8 at the top, and scroll along it sideways on a phone.
Play it from a MIDI keyboard
If you have a USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard, plug it in and press any key on the screen once. In Chrome, Edge and Opera the browser asks whether the page may use your MIDI devices; say yes and the keyboard plays this piano, with velocity (how hard you press) and the sustain pedal. Safari and Firefox do not offer MIDI to web pages, so there you play with the mouse, touch screen or computer keys.
The chord name as you play
Hold two notes and the line under the keys names the interval between them, for example C4 E4 is a major 3rd. Hold three or more and it names the chord, with the notes spelled the way a musician would write them: Eb G Bb, not D# G A#. To build a chord note by note, or see every name that fits, open the chord finder. To hear the same chords strummed on six strings, try the virtual guitar.
Record and play back
Press Record, play, then press Stop. Play back replays what you played with the same timing, so you can hear a passage the way a listener would. The recording stays in the page and is gone when you close it. Need something new to play? The melody generator writes a short random tune in any key for you to learn by ear.
About the sound
The piano is the Salamander Grand Piano, recorded from a Yamaha C5 grand by Alexander Holm and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. A note was recorded every three semitones from the lowest A to the top C, and each key you press uses the nearest recording, tuned to the exact pitch. The recordings load in the background the first time you visit; until a note has loaded, a synthesised piano plays in its place.
Where the notes are on a piano
The black keys come in groups of two and three. The white key just left of each group of two is C; C D E F G A B then repeat to the right. Middle C is C4, the fourth C from the bottom of a full 88-key piano, and the A above it (A4) is the note orchestras tune to, at 440 Hz. Each black key has two names: the one right of C is C# (C sharp) and also Db (D flat).
| Keyboard size | Keys | Lowest to highest |
|---|---|---|
| Full piano | 88 | A0 to C8 |
| 76-key keyboard | 76 | E1 to G7 |
| 61-key keyboard | 61 | C2 to C7 |
| 49-key keyboard | 49 | C2 to C6 |
Keyboards with 61 keys and fewer vary by maker; the ranges above are the usual ones.
More for piano: Piano Chords · Piano Scales · Chord Finder · Treble Clef Notes · Bass Clef Notes
Questions
Is this online piano free?
Yes. Every key, the sustain pedal, recording and MIDI input are free, with no sign-up and nothing to install.
Can I play the piano with my computer keyboard?
Yes. The bottom letter row (Z to M) and the top letter row (Q to U) play two octaves, with the rows above each as the black keys. The letters are shown on the piano keys. Space is the sustain pedal.
Why is there no sound?
Browsers only allow sound after you click or tap the page once, so press a key again. On an iPhone or iPad, also check the ring/silent switch and the volume buttons.
How many keys does a real piano have?
A standard piano has 88 keys: 52 white and 36 black, from A0 to C8. Choose All 88 keys above to play the full range.
Does it work with a MIDI keyboard?
Yes, in Chrome, Edge and Opera on computers and Android. Connect the keyboard, tap the on-screen piano once, and allow MIDI access when the browser asks.