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Virtual piano
Play a three-octave piano with your computer's keys, mouse or touch, in your browser. Free, with no account or uploads.
Play the piano
Click or touch the keys, or focus the keys and use A to ; on your keyboard.
Notes held
Press some keys
Keys A to ; play from C4; change the octave with the arrows.
The piano's sound is made by your browser from a few tones that fade like a struck string; nothing is downloaded, sent or kept. Chords are named by tonal.
A little help along the way
Follow these steps. The sound is made by your browser.
- Say what you want to doPlay, see a chord, or name a chord.
- PlayClick or touch the keys, or focus them and use A to ; and W, E, T, Y, U, O, P.
- Read the chordHold three or more notes and the chord is named.
Questions people ask
- Which computer keys play it?
- Focus the keys, then A to ; play the white keys and W, E, T, Y, U, O, P the black ones, from the C shown; the arrows move them an octave.
- Does it sound like a real piano?
- It is a piano-like sound made by your browser from a few tones that fade like a struck string; nothing is downloaded.
- Does it name the chord I play?
- Yes. Hold three or more notes and the chord is named.
This page is the Piano and chords, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Piano and chords's own page.
Read the step-by-step guide