Use your own acoustic piano or a USB MIDI keyboard to learn note names. This page shows one glowing key, stays quiet so the microphone is not confused, and only moves forward when you play the right pitch. Wrong notes pause the round instead of skipping ahead.
Choose how this page should hear your piano. The keyboard on screen is a guide only. Play the notes on your real instrument.
This page stays silent while it listens so the microphone does not hear the computer.
White keys versus all keys, microphone calibration, MIDI, and what this tool does not score.
White keys practice the natural notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B across two octaves (C4 to B5). All keys add the black keys, the sharps and flats. Each round is eight notes with no immediate repeat, so you hear a mix instead of the same pitch twice in a row.
Play a few notes is a hearing check, not Bluetooth pairing. The browser uses the device microphone. You play C, E, and G. The page checks that the mic is allowed, the piano is loud enough, and the pitch is not an octave off. After that, each key strike is an onset plus a pitch guess.
A USB MIDI keyboard sends the exact key you pressed. Chrome and Edge handle this well. There is no room noise and right versus wrong is almost certain. Safari and many iPads do not support Web MIDI, so use the microphone there.
The computer speaker can fool the microphone. This page does not play piano sounds while it is listening. Mute other tabs, and use headphones on the computer if you still need sound from something else.
The glowing key waits until the matching pitch arrives. A wrong pitch flashes and the round stays put. There is no metronome grade, no two-hand scoring, and no chord detection in this version.
Sit the tablet or laptop near the piano, play a little louder, and run the C, E, G check again. Acoustic pianos are easier in a quiet room. Large rooms and heavy sustain make pitch guesses harder.
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It is a free wait-mode teacher for piano note names on a real instrument. The page shows one glowing key from C4 to B5. You play that pitch on an acoustic piano through the microphone, or on a USB MIDI keyboard. When the heard pitch matches, the round moves to the next note. When it does not, the page pauses, shows the pitch it heard, and keeps waiting. You can practice white keys only, or all keys including sharps and flats. Each round is eight notes with no immediate repeat. Nothing is uploaded. The browser listens on your device only.
Tapping colors on a screen can teach a tune, but it does not teach you where C, F-sharp, or B live on a real keyboard. Wait mode keeps a glowing guide while your hands stay on your own piano. You can slow down, repeat a miss, and learn the letter names without a song running away. White-key rounds are a calm first step. All-key rounds add the black keys once the whites feel familiar. That habit is useful before you try wait-mode songs.
White keys are the natural notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. They are the usual first map of the keyboard. All keys include the black keys between them, written as sharps such as C-sharp or D-sharp. Start with white keys until you can find C and G without hunting. Switch to all keys when you want accidentals. Both modes use the same two-octave guide from C4 to B5.
Use MIDI when your digital piano or keyboard can connect by USB and your browser supports Web MIDI, usually Chrome or Edge on a computer. Use the microphone for an acoustic piano, or when MIDI is not available. MIDI is exact about which key you pressed. The microphone is good enough for one note at a time in a quiet room.
No. Playing C, E, and G is a microphone hearing check. The browser is not pairing with the piano. It only confirms the mic works, the piano is loud enough from this spot, and the pitch tracker is not an octave off. MIDI over USB is a separate, more accurate path for digital pianos.
If the computer plays the same notes the piano is playing, the microphone hears both and the tracker gets confused. This page does not play a synth while it listens. Use headphones on the computer if you still want other sound, and keep extra browser tabs muted.
The round does not skip. The page flashes the key it thinks you played and keeps waiting for the glowing target. Play the glowing note to continue. Repeated notes in a round still need a fresh key strike each time, because the tool listens for onsets.
The microphone path works in mobile Safari after you allow mic access. Web MIDI is weak or missing on many iPads, so a USB digital piano may need a computer browser. Sit the iPad close to the piano and run the C, E, G check before a round.
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