A complete 56-lesson beginner piano course

Actual piano lessons that feel like a game.

Learn to read real sheet music: notes on the staff, both clefs, real rhythms, in a course you’ll want to replay. Learn it yourself, teach a classroom with one class code, or assign it as private-lesson homework. Nothing to install.

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Not another falling-notes game

The grand staff is the game.

No colored bars, no piano-roll tricks. Students read real notes on a real grand staff, and the split second they play, they know: right note, right time. Points and combos are earned by reading music.

Illustration of the course in action. Want the real thing? Play a demo lesson →

𝄞 Real grand staff, treble & bass Split-second feedback on note & timing 🖐 Hand & finger guide for correct position 💻 Runs on any Chromebook, nothing to install or break
🎹 For students, parents & self-starters

Don’t pay $30 to $60 a week
to learn the basics.

Most of the first year of piano lessons is fundamentals: naming notes, reading the staff, counting rhythms, building hand position. Learn all of it here for less than the cost of a single lesson. Then walk into lessons (if you still want them) already reading music.

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Kids or adults, zero experience

Lesson 1 assumes nothing. It starts with how the piano works, and every lesson opens with “Today I can…” and ends with a score, so learners always know they’re getting somewhere.

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Your progress follows you

A personal account saves your stars, scores, and unlocked lessons. Stop mid-unit on one computer, pick up on another. One account works for the whole household’s practice sessions.

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No piano required to start

Every lesson is playable on the computer keyboard from day one. When it clicks, plug in any USB MIDI keyboard and the course becomes a real instrument.

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Real theory, not note-matching

Grand staff, both clefs, rhythm reading, intervals, chords, and composing your own four-measure piece by the end. The same fundamentals a teacher would charge months for.

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Full access, no card. Then one payment, unlimited access, never a subscription.
🎓 For classroom & private-studio teachers

Three steps.
Zero IT tickets.

Piano Professor was built for real class periods on real school Chromebooks, not for a lab you don’t have. It’s a single lightweight page: no installs, no updates, no downloads, nothing that can break a Chromebook. Students see right or wrong the instant they play, and that data lands on your dashboard immediately. Private studio? Assign lessons as homework between sessions. Scores land before their next lesson.

STEP 01

Create a class session

One click in your dashboard makes a session and a short code. Lock the whole class to today’s lesson, start a transfer student at lesson 30, or drill one skill.

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STEP 02

Students type the code

Any browser, any Chromebook. Students enter the code and a class label. No login, no email, no roster upload. They’re playing in seconds.

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Watch scores land live

Score, accuracy, combo, letter grade, and stars stream to your dashboard as each student finishes. Export a watermarked CSV straight into your gradebook.

Sheet music first, fun as the engine

They think they’re playing.
They’re learning to read music.

Fifty-six lessons across twelve units take a total beginner from three notes to two-hand sight-reading of real notation, each lesson gated at 70% mastery, so progress is earned. Learners get the full course on their own account. Teachers get the same course plus the classroom dashboard below.

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Real notation, really read

Actual notes on an actual staff stream toward an on-screen keyboard. Students read the music and play it, scored on timing and accuracy, so reading is the game.

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56 lessons, 12 units (more to come)

A structured sight-reading method: note names, rhythms, intervals, treble and bass clef, hands together. 70% to unlock the next lesson.

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MIDI & QWERTY input

Plug in any MIDI keyboard for the full experience, or play from the computer keyboard on day one. No gear required to start.

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Live teacher dashboard

Every student’s score, accuracy, grade, and stars in one view, updating in real time while you walk the room.

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Assignments & locks

Lock the class to lesson 12. Start your mid-year enrollee at exactly the right lesson. Freeze a drill for the kid who needs it.

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Gradebook-ready exports

One click exports a watermarked CSV with score, accuracy, and grade per student, formatted for gradebook entry.

Built to pass the district privacy review

Your district’s privacy office will actually like this one.

Piano Professor was designed backwards from school-district privacy requirements. Students never create accounts, and the data that doesn’t exist can’t leak.

  •  No student logins, emails, or passwords. Just a class code and a label like “Student 12”
  • No chat, no messaging, no social features of any kind. Students can’t talk to anyone through the app, and nothing connects them to the outside world.
  •  Education use only: no ads, no data sale, no tracking pixels
  •  Server-side license checks, encrypted in transit and at rest
  •  Automatic retention limits and full audit logs
  •  A no-data guest mode doubles as the alternate activity for students without consent
What you need (nothing, to start)

Start on the keyboard you have.
Upgrade when it clicks.

Every lesson works on a plain computer keyboard. When you or your student is ready for real keys, here’s the short, honest shopping list.

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Day one: $0

The computer keyboard plays every lesson. Start tonight and spend nothing until you know it’s sticking.

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When it clicks: a MIDI keyboard

Any USB MIDI keyboard works, any size. Plug it in and the course becomes a real instrument. Solid starters run $60 to $500.

Browse USB MIDI keyboards →

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Already own a keyboard?

If it has USB, one cable connects it. Older keyboards with round MIDI ports need a ~$15 MIDI-to-USB adapter.

Browse MIDI-USB cables →

🎹 Our picks: long-running, highly rated

Roland FP-10the serious one: 88 weighted hammer-action keys, real piano feelView →
Yamaha P-145the classic: 88 weighted keys from the long-running P seriesView →
Alesis Recital Pro88 weighted keys on a budget, a longtime best sellerView →
Casio CT-S161 keys, great sounds, the family favoriteView →
Yamaha Piaggero NP-1561 keys, light and portable, Yamaha qualityView →
M-Audio Keystation 61slim 61-key USB controller, decades on the marketView →
Akai MPK Mini MK3tiny 25-key, top rated, fits in a backpackView →
CablesUSB-C to MIDI for newer laptops and tablets, USB-A to MIDI for the classic round portsUSB-C →  USB-A →

📱 Phones & tablets: the on-screen keys play by touch on any device. MIDI keyboards plug into any computer, and into Android tablets/phones with a USB adapter. (iPads and iPhones don’t allow browser MIDI, but touch keys still work great.)

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Founder pricing, two ways in

One payment. Unlimited access.

Try everything free for 3 days: full access, no card. Then claim a founder seat, $47 for the first 25 on each track, $72 for the next 25. Unlimited access either way, never a subscription, grandfathered at $0 when this becomes $247/year at public launch.

Personal License
for learners, parents & families
$247/yrAT LAUNCH
$47
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$247/yreveryone at public launch
  • All 56 lessons + every drill, unlimited access
  • Progress saved to your account, resume on any device
  • Every future update: new keys, reading mode, finger exercises
  • Founders’ Lounge, where your feedback steers what gets built
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Teacher License
for classrooms & private studios
$247/yrAT LAUNCH
$47
one payment · unlimited access · never a subscription
$47first 25 founders · unlimited access LEFT
$72next 25 founders · unlimited accessTHEN
$247/yreveryone at public launch
  • Everything in Personal, plus:
  • Unlimited class sessions & join codes, no student accounts
  • Live dashboard, assignment locks, start-from & drills
  • Watermarked CSV exports for your gradebook
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