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Play piano online
A free virtual piano you can actually play, right in your browser. Tap the keys — or play with your computer keyboard — and hear real grand-piano sound, the same samples the app uses. No download, no sign-up, nothing to set up. It's a taste of Freestyle, the mode Piano Aura opens into.
Get the full keyboard in Piano Aura
This is a taste of Freestyle in Piano Aura. The app gives you the full piano with more sounds to play, and lets you record what you play and keep it — all on your iPhone.
Can I play piano online for free?
Yes. This free virtual piano plays real grand-piano sound right in your browser — tap the on-screen keys or use your computer keyboard, with no download or sign-up. Shift the octave to reach higher or lower notes, and turn on note names to learn the keys as you play.
How to play the online keyboard
- 1Play a key. Tap any key with your finger or mouse to hear that note. Play several keys together to hear a chord — the keyboard is fully polyphonic.
- 2Use your computer keyboard. On a computer, the home row (A S D F G H J K) plays the white keys and the row above (W E T Y U) plays the black keys, so you can play with both hands.
- 3Shift the octave. Use the octave − and + buttons to move the playable range lower or higher and reach every note on the piano.
- 4Turn on note names. Switch on Show note names to label every key — a simple way to learn where each note lives on the keyboard.
How to play the online piano with your computer keyboard
On a laptop or desktop you don't have to click anything. The letter keys are mapped straight onto piano keys, so you can play with both hands the way you would on a real keyboard. The home row plays the white keys and the row above it plays the black keys, which puts each sharp exactly where it sits on a piano — up and slightly to the right of the white key it follows. Hold several letters down at once and you get a chord: the keyboard is fully polyphonic, so nothing cuts anything else off.
| Note | Computer key |
|---|---|
| C | A |
| C♯ | W |
| D | S |
| D♯ | E |
| E | D |
| F | F |
| F♯ | T |
| G | G |
| G♯ | Y |
| A | H |
| A♯ | U |
| B | J |
| C8va | K |
| Shift octave | Z/X |
The mapping covers one full octave plus the C above it. Press Z to drop an octave and X to climb one, and the same letters play the new range — that is how you reach the low bass notes and the high ones without ever leaving the keyboard.
What this virtual piano can and cannot do
What it does, right here in the browser
- Plays real recorded grand-piano notes, not a synthesised beep — the same samples Piano Aura uses on iPhone.
- Fully polyphonic: play chords with as many keys held down as you like, each with a natural piano decay.
- Playable by touch, mouse or computer keyboard, and shiftable across the range with the octave buttons or Z and X.
- Shows note names on the keys when you switch them on, so you can learn the layout while you play.
- Works with no download, no sign-up and no account — close the tab and nothing is left behind.
What needs the app
- It can't record you. Nothing you play here is saved, so a good idea is gone the moment you stop.
- It's grand piano only. Changing the sound behind an idea happens in the app.
- There's no sustain pedal and no note-length control — each note rings and fades on its own.
- It shows two octaves at a time rather than a whole 88-key piano, because a full keyboard is unusable at phone width.
Which octaves are shown, and why 88 keys don't fit a phone screen
A full acoustic piano has 88 keys, running from A0 at the bottom to C8 at the top. Drawn at that width on a phone, each white key would be about four millimetres across — narrower than a fingertip, so you would hit two notes every time you aimed at one. So this keyboard shows two octaves at a time, twenty-five keys including the top C, at a size you can actually play, and lets you move that window instead. The octave buttons (or Z and X) shift it anywhere from C1 up to B7, which covers nearly the entire range of a real piano — you simply see a playable slice of it rather than all of it at once. If you are picking out a melody, one window is usually enough; if you want a bass note under a right-hand pattern, shift down, play it, and shift back.
Play without sheet music: melodies to try
You do not need to read music to use this. Every melody below is out of copyright and simple enough to play with one finger — the letters are the note names, so switch on Show note names, find the matching key, and play them left to right at whatever speed you like. Repeated letters mean repeated notes.
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
E E F G G F E D C C D E E D D
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
C C G G A A G F F E E D D C
Mary Had a Little Lamb
E D C D E E E D D D E G G
Jingle Bells (chorus)
E E E E E E E G C D E
Start with the octave set where it opens, C4 to B5 — that is the middle of the piano, where these melodies sit comfortably. Once your fingers know one of them, try holding a low C with your other hand underneath: one note is enough to make a melody sound like a piece of music.
A free piano in your browser
There's no faster way to start playing than a keyboard that's already open in front of you — nothing to install, nothing to sign up for. Explore how the notes sit under your fingers, pick out a melody, or stack a few keys into a chord. It's the same idea as Freestyle in the app, the screen Piano Aura opens straight into: a piano that's ready the moment you are.
Online piano: common questions
- Is this online piano really free?
- Yes — completely. There is no download, no sign-up, no account and no trial period. Open the page and play. Piano Aura, the iPhone app it comes from, is also free to download.
- Can I play this virtual piano on a phone?
- Yes. Tap the keys with your fingers, and use the octave buttons to move up or down the piano. On a phone you get the touch keyboard rather than the computer-key mapping, for the obvious reason.
- Why does no sound come out?
- Browsers only allow audio after you interact with the page, so the very first key you press is what switches the sound on. If it still stays silent, check that your device is not muted and that the tab is not muted — and note that a few browsers block audio entirely, in which case the keys still light up as you play.
- How many keys does this online keyboard have?
- Twenty-five at a time — two octaves plus the C above them — and the window shifts anywhere from C1 to B7, so nearly the full range of an 88-key piano is reachable. Two octaves is what fits at a playable key width on a phone.
- Can I record what I play here?
- Not in the browser: nothing you play on this page is saved. Recording, keeping and naming a take is what the app is for — it is the difference between trying an idea and keeping one.
- Does it work as a digital piano for practice?
- For learning the layout, testing a chord shape or picking out a melody, yes — and it is always to hand. It is not a substitute for weighted keys: there is no touch sensitivity here, so a browser piano cannot teach your fingers how hard to press.