MyPianoSkills

Notes fall onto a real keyboard, on screen or on your MIDI keyboard plugged in by cable. 20 songs, your own sheet music and LIBRE. No account, no ads: just play.

MyPianoSkills teaches you piano as you play, even if you’ve never touched a keyboard.

Notes fall onto a real piano keyboard. You see where each note lands, which finger plays it and, if you like, its name. Play on the screen or on your MIDI keyboard plugged in with a USB cable.

LEARN: THE APP WAITS FOR YOU Each note stops on the line and waits for the right key. No timer. After a wrong note, the app keeps waiting for the right one. If you hesitate, it shows you the note’s name, then plays it for you.

EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT Then the notes stop waiting, the tempo goes up and the hints fade away. EXPERT plays the richest version. Earn up to 3 stars, and a PERFECT with no mistakes at all. Every mode is open from the start.

PLAY: LISTEN FIRST The app plays the hands you chose for you: the keys light up and the notes fall. Play along if you like; nothing is scored.

SHEET MUSIC AND LOOPS The sheet music scrolls at the top of the screen. At the end, it shows you what you just played and the bars to practice, ready to loop at a slower tempo. One hand or both (the app can play the other), your tempo, a metronome.

20 PUBLIC-DOMAIN SONGS Traditional tunes and classics, arranged by us for learning: “Au Clair de la Lune”, “Frère Jacques”, “Silent Night”, “Für Elise”, “Gymnopédie No. 1” and more. Every source is verified and cited in the app’s credits.

MY SONGS: YOUR OWN SHEET MUSIC Import your MusicXML scores (.mxl, .musicxml or .xml), for example exported from MuseScore, from the Files app or with “Open in”. One file per mode, from EASY to EXPERT. Your file is never changed: the on-screen keyboard adapts.

YOUR MIDI KEYBOARD Plug in your keyboard with a USB cable, using an adapter if needed: the app gets every key and how hard you play it, and scores you just like on screen. Its sustain pedal works too; with no pedal, a PEDAL button stands in for it on screen, in LIBRE and in My songs. “My keyboard” shows the same keys on screen, from 25 to 88: pick its size, or measure it with two keys. Does your piano have its own speakers? Tell the app: your piano plays your notes, the app plays the rest.

LIBRE: PLAY WHATEVER YOU LIKE With your keyboard plugged in, play with no sheet music. The app names the note, interval or chord as you play it, and shows it on a staff. It guesses your key and lights up its scale. Record yourself for up to 10 minutes, or keep the last minute you played, even without pressing REC. Then listen back with your sheet music scrolling, replay your take as falling notes, or add it to My songs to learn it.

YOUR PROGRESS, NO PRESSURE A daily goal, your week day by day, and each song climbing from Discovered to Virtuoso. Your imported songs have their own progress. No leaderboards, no lives.

YOUR WAY Twelve sounds in three families: piano, soft piano, electric piano, tine electric piano, organ, harpsichord, accordion, strings, celesta, music box, crystal bell and 8-bit. Note names in C D E or Do Ré Mi. The app in English or French, depending on your device’s language. The menus follow your device, upright or sideways; the game is played sideways. Light or dark theme, like your device, and one color per hand: the left is striped, so you can tell them apart without color. An easy-to-read typeface that follows the iOS text size, and buttons labeled for VoiceOver.

NOTHING TO UNLOCK No account, no ads, no subscription, no purchases. No data collected: your progress, your songs and your recordings stay on your iPhone or iPad. The app sends nothing. No permission requests: you open the app and you play.