Beachball rhythms Use a beach ball and add rhythm patterns on the white parts. Toss it around and where ever the ball lands in front of you, clap out that rhythm. Stairway to 7-11 This game is to reinforce the concept of skips and steps (2nd and 3rd intervals), but can be used for all intervals. I made a 1D staircase that sticks to the magnet board along with several different color mice. Piano Teacher Resources for Group Piano Lessons. This game is a huge hit during group piano lessons! Kids get to go on a fun treasure hunt to learn the names of music symbols. You will hide the printable symbols around the room, and then give each student a pirate map. Then ask the kids to match the symbols with the names on their map. Help your child make the most of those early piano lessons or get them hooked on music for life, with the Schoenhut 61 Key My First Piano Tutor with Bench. Practice, practice, practice will always be the key to learning an instrument. But that's certainly not the only means of improving.

• Virtual Piano

  You can practice your piano playing skills with this cool virtual music instrument. Shift the octaves and other levels before you play your favorite songs. You can even change the type of piano you’re playing with different sound effect features.

• Magic Piano Tiles

  Can you keep up with all of these keys? You’ll definitely need to move quickly in this fast-paced musical game. Missing even a single one could be disastrous!

• Piano Online

  You can play everything from classic symphonies by Beethoven to children’s songs in this music game. Can you keep the beat while you try to hit all the keys at just the right moments?

• Virtual Keyboard

  Select your instrument and play back the tune you have chosen.

• Multiplayer Piano

  You can share your musical skills with musicians and gamers all around the world in this unique online game. Play a song on the interactive piano along with them or just join in while they jam.

• Piano Tiles

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• The Piano

  Compose a masterpiece on this virtual piano.

• Perfect Piano

  Can you hit all the keys in this musical puzzle game? Do your best to perform a cool song without missing a single note.

• Christmas Magic Piano Tiles

  Can you carry a tune in this challenging music game that’s great for the Christmas season? Try to keep up with all of the colorful chords as they slide down the screen. If you miss a single note though, it’ll be game over!

• Repeat the Melody

  Listen to the melody and play it back by selecting the correct keys.

• Princess Juliet: Piano Lesson
• Furry Friends Piano

  Piano lessons from plushy pachyderms? How precious!

• Piano Bar

  If you can tickle the keys, you'll tickle the fancy of the beauty at the bar…

• Magic Tiles 3

  Can you keep the beat and maintain the rhythm while you play this challenging online game? Do your best to keep up with the magic tiles.

• Mission to Magmanon

  Press the correct keyboard keys to explode the notes before they hit your ship!

• Piano Tiles Reflex

  Can you keep up with all of the black keys in this fast and furious online game? You’ll need to avoid the white ones while you try to beat the clock in each one of three different, and very challenge, modes.

• Music Match

  This mouse will teach you how to play the piano.

• Animal Piano

  Compose a pet symphony!

Many people later in life regret not playing an instrument. But it’s never too late to learn! Even just learning a few notes on the piano is an excellent place to start.

Free Piano Tutor

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of making a beautiful noise come from such an elegant instrument as the piano. And the piano is one of the few instruments that requires only a little bit of learning in order to produce music.

So when you first start, remember that you don’t need to stress about mastering the whole instrument or learning to play a whole song right away. Simply learning the piano notes, even if it’s only a few, will allow you to bring this instrument to life and make you want more!

5 Online Piano Games for Note Reading

When learning is fun, it’s much easier to do! Games are a great way for both kids and adults to learn anything, including the piano. Here are a few options for online piano games that make learning piano notes easy.

1. The Piano Player

From the site FunBrain.com, this game can be played online and has four levels of difficulty. At the easiest level, you’ll be shown a note on the staff and you need to choose the correct key on the keyboard. At this level, the keys are labeled. Harder levels remove the labels and add notes beyond the basics. Though this game is geared for kids, it’s helpful for anyone and really simple to use.

Piano Tutor Games

2. Zebra Keys Piano Keyboard Trainer

Zebra Keys Piano Keyboard Trainer takes a different approach with its keyboard game. This program highlights a key on the keyboard, and you must choose the letter corresponding to the note. Switching between choosing the letter and choosing the key when using these different programs is a great way to really cement your knowledge.

3. Synthesia

If you don’t mind spending a little money, Synthesia is a comprehensive program that starts with the basics of learning the notes on the piano. You’ll have to download this game on your computer or get the iOS app from the App Store.

4. Piano Tutor

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Piano Tutor is a quick way to give yourself a test on note recognition. You’re scored as you select the notes on the keyboard, and there’s both a visual and audio mode so you can practice hearing the notes also. If you make the wrong selection, the game will show the correct answer, which is helpful for fast learning.

Piano Tutor App

5. NoteCard

NoteCard is a smaller download that has some neat features. You can test yourself on learning to recognize keys on the piano, or on learning piano notes on the staff. You’re scored for your answers and several people can use the program and save their data to their own account. There’s also a testing feature that records your results and allows you to track your progress.

Learning piano notes can be quick and easy using any one (or all) of these fun piano games online. These games are a great way to supplement private lessons and once you learn a few notes, we bet you’ll want to keep learning more. Soon, you’ll be playing chords and entire songs on your own!

Piano Learning Games Online

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