Music
Music
Learn the piano from the very first key, or the guitar, ukulele or banjo from the first chord. Read music one small step at a time, play songs with every note lit up as it sounds, and keep steady time. Free, at your own pace, with nothing to sign up for.
Choose an instrument
Each instrument has its own course from the very first note, with songs that belong to it: classical and folk pieces for piano; folk, blues, cowboy and classical guitar; Hawaiian ukulele; Southern old-time and bluegrass banjo. No instrument yet? The keys and strings on the screen play too.
The piano from the very first key: meet the keyboard, read music, play songs with every note lit up on the music and the keys, and keep time.
Guitar from the first chord: the parts, holding it, tuning, reading tab and chord charts, strumming and picking, then barre chords, scales, fingerpicking and Travis style, with songs at every step.
The ukulele from the first strum: the parts, holding it, tuning G C E A, reading tab and chord charts, island strums, then barre chords, scales and fingerpicking, with Hawaiian songs at every step.
The 5-string banjo in open G: the parts, holding it, tuning g D G B D, reading banjo tab, three-finger rolls for bluegrass and clawhammer for old-time music, with Southern tunes at every step.
For every instrument
Read music, play songs, tune up, look up chords and keep steady time.
The staff, the treble and bass clefs, note values and rhythm, time and key signatures, scales, intervals and chords, and the signs on the page, with drills that keep your scores in this browser.
Songs for piano, guitar, ukulele and banjo, from first tunes to Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, classical guitar studies, Hawaiian-style ukulele and old-time fiddle tunes. Each one shows the music, and the tab or the keys, with every note lit up as it plays.
Beginner: 28 Intermediate: 27 Advanced: 5A free tuner for guitar, ukulele and banjo: it listens through your microphone (nothing is recorded or sent anywhere) and shows the note, the string and how many cents sharp or flat, or tune by ear with reference notes.
Every common chord for guitar, ukulele and banjo: pick a root and a kind of chord to see and hear the first-position shapes and more up the neck, or tap a shape to find its name.
A steady, precise metronome from 20 to 300 BPM, with time signatures, accents, subdivisions, a speed trainer and silent bars that teach you to keep time on your own.
Tap two pads, one for each hand: together, alternating, one hand twice as fast, then 3 against 2, 4 against 3 and more, with a timeline, guide sounds and a score in milliseconds.
What you need
A piano or keyboard, a guitar, a ukulele or a 5-string banjo. No instrument yet? The keys and strings on the screen play in every lesson and song, with a mouse, a touch screen or your keyboard.
Guitar, ukulele and banjo need tuning each time you play. The Tuner here listens through your microphone, or you can tune by ear to its reference notes. Pianos are tuned by a piano technician.
Plug it into your computer with a USB cable and press the MIDI button above the on-screen keys. The piano lessons and songs then hear what you play, in browsers that offer Web MIDI, such as Chrome and Edge.
Ten or fifteen minutes most days does more than one long session a week. Your drill scores and finished chapters are saved in this browser only: no account needed.