Read music the way you read words.

Pianomi listens to your MIDI keyboard and trains the skill most piano apps rush past: reading the page, from single notes to both hands, one small step at a time.

Every piece is new: the app writes it for your level, then grades every note you play.

Most courses jump from easy tunes to a wall of chords.

That jump is where reading stalls: you can work a piece out note by note, but you can’t read it as you play. Pianomi fills the gap with 36 levels, and each one adds a single thing: a new hand position, a key signature, a left-hand chord, a new rhythm.

Point at a note to see what its level adds.

Level 1, Right hand: steps: Notes that move to the next line or space. Right hand in C position.
Level 2, Right hand: skips: Skips of a third: line to line, space to space.
Level 3, Left hand: steps: The same in the bass clef, left hand in C position.
Level 4, Left hand: skips: Thirds in the bass clef.
Level 5, Taking turns: The hands take turns every two bars, so you switch clefs.
Level 6, Fourths and fifths: Bigger jumps inside the position.
Level 7, Keep moving: Mostly quarter notes, jumps in both hands, taking turns.
Level 8, Left hand holds: Hands together for the first time: the left hand holds one note per bar.
Level 9, Left hand in halves: The left hand changes on beat 3.
Level 10, Busy left hand: Now the left hand moves in quarters while the right hand holds.
Level 11, Both hands moving: Quarter notes in both hands at once.
Level 12, Waltz time: 3/4: three beats in a bar.
Level 13, Eighth notes: Pairs of eighth notes in the right hand: two notes per beat.
Level 14, G position: Key of G: every F is F♯.
Level 15, F position: Key of F: every B is B♭.
Level 16, Left-hand fifths: The left hand plays two notes at once: an open fifth.
Level 17, Thirds and sixths: Left-hand intervals change shape: thirds, fifths and sixths.
Level 18, Right-hand intervals: A third or sixth under some right-hand notes.
Level 19, Left-hand triads: Three-note chords in the left hand: I, IV and V in root position.
Level 20, Inversions: Chords flip to stay close: C–E–G, C–F–A, B–D–G.
Level 21, Two chords a bar: The left-hand chord changes on beat 3.
Level 22, Right-hand triads: Now the right hand reads the chords, in root position.
Level 23, Right-hand inversions: Right-hand chords in every inversion, two per bar.
Level 24, Melody over chords: A moving melody over left-hand chords, with ii and vi chords too.
Level 25, Broken chords: The left hand plays the chord one note at a time.
Level 26, Alberti bass: Low–high–middle–high in eighth notes, as in Mozart and Haydn.
Level 27, Chords in G and F: Left-hand chords with a key signature.
Level 28, Changing positions: The right hand moves to a new position between phrases.
Level 29, Dotted rhythms: Dotted quarter and eighth: long, short.
Level 30, Accidentals: Sharps and flats outside the key, and the naturals that cancel them.
Level 31, Rests: Count through the silences.
Level 32, Keys of D and B♭: Two sharps or two flats, with left-hand chords.
Level 33, Waltz accompaniment: “Oom-pah-pah”: a low note, then the chord twice.
Level 34, Syncopation: Notes that start between the beats.
Level 35, More keys: A, E♭, E and A♭ major, with ii and vi chords.
Level 36, Everything mixed: Any of the above, in keys up to three sharps or flats.

How it works

Plug in your keyboard

Any USB MIDI keyboard or digital piano, in Chrome or Edge. No keyboard yet? Play the on-screen piano or your computer’s keys.
Take the level check

A few minutes of notes, chords and short pieces find where you start, so you skip what you already know.
Practise today’s plan

A short warm-up, reading cards, then pieces, sized to your daily goal. Every note is graded as you play.

What’s inside

Every part of reading music, in one daily practice.

A new piece every time, written for your level. In wait mode the music waits for you; in tempo mode you keep up with the metronome.

Timed cards for every note on both staves. The slow ones come back first, and the app spots how you miss: the wrong octave, a forgotten key signature, bass read as treble.

Intervals, triads and seventh chords in every inversion, read as shapes instead of one note at a time.

Tap any key in time with the metronome, from quarter notes to syncopation and sixteenths.

A cover hides each note just before you play it, so your eyes learn to stay a beat, then a whole bar, ahead.

Hear a tune, an interval or a chord, then play it back.

Standard fingerings, graded against the metronome. Each clean run nudges the tempo up.

Open MusicXML, MuseScore, MIDI or ABC files, or PDFs from notation software. Learn a piece, let it wait for you, play it through, then play it in tempo.

From Largo to Presto

Largo

Single notes in one hand.

Your reading grade has eight steps, named after tempo markings. It follows your sight reading, with notes, chords, rhythm and reading ahead lifting it or holding it back, and it never goes down.

Questions

What do I need?

A computer with Chrome or Edge, and a keyboard or digital piano with a USB cable. Any MIDI keyboard works. No keyboard yet? You can try it with the on-screen piano or your computer’s keys.

Is it for beginners?

It starts with single notes in one hand, and the level check skips whatever you already know. It teaches reading, not hand position or technique, so it works best alongside lessons, a method book or the pieces you’re learning.

I already play. Will it be too easy?

The level check places you in a few minutes, and the levels run all the way to both hands with chords, Alberti bass, syncopation and keys up to four sharps or flats.

Can I practise my own music?

Yes. Open a MusicXML, MuseScore, MIDI or ABC file, or a PDF made by notation software such as MuseScore, Dorico or Finale. Then learn it, let it wait for you, play it through at your own pace, or play it in tempo.

Does it work on iPhone or iPad?

Not yet. Safari can’t hear MIDI keyboards, so iPhone and iPad need an app, and one is planned. Android tablets with Chrome work today.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Pianomi is free, and there are no plans to charge for it.

Where is my progress kept?

On your computer, in your browser. Accounts and syncing between devices come later.

Your first piece is waiting.

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