Hands on Piano
Every finger, numbered
Fingering comes from the score, and is worked out for you where the score has none. Orange is the right hand, blue the left.
A piano score reader for self-learners
Watch it played. Then play it.
Teaching yourself? Upload any score, even a phone photo of the printed page, and watch two hands play it, finger by finger, as slowly as you need.
Free to start · MusicXML or MIDI with a free account · photos, PDFs and the composer with Plus
Bring your own music
Any score you have. Ready to learn.
The piece from your teacher, a page of an old songbook, the PDF you bought last week: upload it, and in about a minute it’s engraved, fingered and played by two hands, ready to practise bar by bar.
- A photo or a scanSnap the printed page with your phone
- A PDFSheet music you’ve downloaded or bought
- MusicXML or MIDIFrom MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale or Dorico
or drop it anywhere on this page
Photos and PDFs with Plus · MusicXML and MIDI free with an account · pictures are deleted as soon as they’re read
From the page to your fingers
No teacher to book, nothing to install, no account to make. Three bars, and you’re playing.
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Bring any score
Upload a photo or PDF of printed music, or MusicXML or MIDI. Or pick one of 75 pieces from the library.
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Watch the hands
Every note is engraved and lit on the keys, while two hands show exactly which finger goes where.
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Play along
Slow it down, loop the hard bars, practise one hand at a time, then play it yourself.
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The tools I wished I’d had
I taught myself piano, and kept getting stuck on the same things: which finger, how it should sound, that one bar. Every tool here fixes one of them.
One hand at a time
Practise one hand while the other plays along. You hear what you see.
Slow it down, speed it up
From a slow walk at a quarter of the tempo to half again as fast.
Loop the tricky bars
Tap A and B, or drag across the bars you want, and go round until your fingers know the way. A metronome and a count-in keep you in time.
Your turn at the keys
Play on your computer keys, or plug in a MIDI keyboard with Plus, and your notes light up right on the keyboard.
Sheet music that follows along
Scores are typeset right in your browser, with each note lit as it plays.
NewThe composer
Write your own. Watch it played.
A tune you hum, a melody you worked out by ear, an exercise from your teacher: write it on a grand staff, and two hands play it back, finger by finger, so you can learn it like any other piece.
- Click or tap on the staffPlace notes with the mouse or a finger, and drag them where they belong
- Type them by nameA to G for the notes, 1 to 5 for how long they last
- Play them on the keysOn screen, on your computer keys or a MIDI keyboard; keys held together make a chord
Plus keeps 3 pieces of your own · Pro as many as you like · saved to your account, on every device
From Twinkle to ragtime
75 public-domain pieces, fingered and ready, from your first week to your first rag. Tap one and start playing.
Beginner
6 pieces
Elementary
23 pieces
- Minuet in GPetzold, simplified
- Minuet in G, BWV Anh. 114Christian Petzold
- Minuet in G minorChristian Petzold, BWV Anh. 115
- Minuet in G, BWV Anh. 116Anna Magdalena Notebook
- Minuet in C minorAnna Magdalena Notebook, BWV Anh. 121
- Polonaise in G minorAnna Magdalena Notebook, BWV Anh. 119
- Musette in DAnna Magdalena Notebook, BWV Anh. 126
- Minuet in F, K. 2W. A. Mozart
- Soldiers’ MarchRobert Schumann, Op. 68 No. 2
- The Happy FarmerRobert Schumann, Op. 68 No. 10
- The Wild HorsemanRobert Schumann, Op. 68 No. 8
- Old French SongP. I. Tchaikovsky, Op. 39 No. 16
- March of the Wooden SoldiersP. I. Tchaikovsky, Op. 39 No. 5
- Sonatina in B-flatG. F. Handel, HWV 585
- Little Prelude in CJ. S. Bach, BWV 939
- La CandeurFriedrich Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 1
- ArabesqueFriedrich Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2
- PastoraleFriedrich Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 3
- Sonatina in CMuzio Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1
- Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1Friedrich Kuhlau
- O Sacred HeadJ. S. Bach, St Matthew Passion
- Jeanie with the Light Brown HairStephen Foster
- Farewell · 送别J. P. Ordway, words by Li Shutong
Intermediate
30 pieces
- Für EliseLudwig van Beethoven, WoO 59
- Moonlight SonataLudwig van Beethoven, Op. 27 No. 2
- TräumereiRobert Schumann, Op. 15 No. 7
- Prelude in CJ. S. Bach, BWV 846
- Prelude in C minor, BWV 847J. S. Bach
- Invention No. 1 in CJ. S. Bach, BWV 772
- Invention No. 4 in D minorJ. S. Bach, BWV 775
- Invention No. 8 in FJ. S. Bach, BWV 779
- Invention No. 13 in A minorJ. S. Bach, BWV 784
- Prelude in E minorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 28 No. 4
- Prelude in B minorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 28 No. 6
- Prelude in A majorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 28 No. 7
- Prelude in C minorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 28 No. 20
- Raindrop PreludeFrédéric Chopin, Op. 28 No. 15
- Waltz in B minorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 69 No. 2
- Gymnopédie No. 1Erik Satie
- Gnossienne No. 1Erik Satie
- Album LeafEdvard Grieg, Op. 12 No. 7
- Venetian Boat SongFelix Mendelssohn, Op. 19 No. 6
- Waltz in A-flatJohannes Brahms, Op. 39 No. 15
- Moment Musical No. 3Franz Schubert, D. 780
- Sonata in A, K. 331W. A. Mozart
- Sonata in C, K. 545W. A. Mozart
- Sonata in G, Op. 49 No. 2Ludwig van Beethoven
- Tempo di MenuettoLudwig van Beethoven, Op. 49 No. 2
- Pathétique SonataLudwig van Beethoven, Op. 13
- Polonaise, Op. 1 No. 1Clara Schumann
- BalladeFriedrich Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 15
- January: By the FiresideP. I. Tchaikovsky, The Seasons
- In the Hall of the Mountain KingEdvard Grieg, Peer Gynt
Advanced
16 pieces
- Rondo alla TurcaW. A. Mozart, K. 331
- The EntertainerScott Joplin
- Maple Leaf RagScott Joplin
- SolaceScott Joplin
- Elite SyncopationsScott Joplin
- The Easy WinnersScott Joplin
- Pineapple RagScott Joplin
- BethenaScott Joplin
- Mazurka in F-sharp minorFrédéric Chopin, Op. 6 No. 1
- Nocturne in E-flatFrédéric Chopin, Op. 9 No. 2
- Clair de luneClaude Debussy, Suite bergamasque
- Arabesque No. 1Claude Debussy
- Consolation No. 3Franz Liszt, S. 172
- Minute WaltzFrédéric Chopin, Op. 64 No. 1
- Impromptu in E-flatFranz Schubert, Op. 90 No. 2
- Fantaisie-ImpromptuFrédéric Chopin, Op. 66
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- Speed, A–B loops, metronome and count‑in
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- Upload your own MusicXML and MIDI files
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| Left, right or both hands | |||||
| Speed, A–B loops, metronome, count‑in | |||||
| Play along on your computer keys | |||||
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| Your songs saved to your account, on any device | — | ||||
| Upload photos and scans of printed scores | — | — | |||
| Upload PDFs of sheet music | — | — | |||
| Write your own music in the composer | — | — | 3 pieces | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Your piano | |||||
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