Learn To Play Piano Online

The days when you can learn to play the piano only from your neighborhood music teacher is long past. With Internet technology, you can learn to play piano online! From detailed step-by-step lessons to fun online games, learning to play piano online has never been easier or more fun.

According to this article, you can even learn to play the piano from YouTube videos:

“The videos give you a quick introduction to playing part of a song. The video may direct you to another site to learn the rest. Some of these sites are free, but others charge. You'll learn to play using familiar songs.”

You can find online piano lessons from sites that just have one mission, to teach you how to play the piano, for example Rocket Piano which have detailed step-by-step online piano lessons with sheet music, MP3 and MIDI sound files and video demonstrations.

There are also plenty of online musical games that make learning music really fun. A good example is www.pianowizard.com.

So with all these great resources on your fingertips, play piano online today!

Play Piano Online With Fun Video Games

The surest way to learn something well is to make it fun. And this applies to learning to play the piano as well. The Internet has allowed us to learn how to play piano online and these fun musical video games make learning music a fun and exciting process!

One of the musical video games that is very popular with kids is the Piano Wizard video game. As stated on the Piano Wizard website:

“Piano Wizard combines the fun of a video game with the fundamentals of piano lessons. Anyone can sit down at a keyboard today and with The Piano Wizard EASY MODE , experience how Allegro has magically turned what once felt like practice, into feeling like child’s play with its patented, 4-Step Method.”

You can see a video demonstration of the Piano Wizard here.

Other fun musical games can be found at www.creatingmusic.com (including hearing games, rhythmic games and “musical sketch pads”. Online demos of the games can be found on the website) and www.classicsforkids.com/games. Some of these are Java Applets and some require Flash. You can download the free Flash player at here.

Great fun and it’s not only for kids too :-)

MIDI Files – An Indispensable Tool To Play Piano Online

In the course of learning to play piano online, you will definitely come across MIDI or Musical Instrument Digital Interface files. MIDI is an electronic communications standard that is used to control and synchronize electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers with computing devices to make digital instrumental music.

According to this definition of MIDI that I found on Wikipedia:

“MIDI does not transmit an audio signal or media — it simply transmits digital data "event messages" such as the pitch and intensity of musical notes to play, control signals for parameters such as volume, vibrato and panning, cues and clock signals to set the tempo. As an electronic protocol, it is notable for its success, both in its widespread adoption throughout the industry, and in remaining essentially unchanged in the face of technological developments since its introduction in 1983.”

Music created via this protocol is termed a MIDI sequence and MIDI sequences are the most useful audio file type for learning to play piano online. The best thing about MIDI is that it not only sounds great but it is but a fraction of the size of mp3 files.

A great site with plenty of free downloadable classical midi files is www.classicalmidiconnection.com. Here you can find all types of piano pieces from baroque classics to contemporary pieces from many famous composers. The site also has resources that teach you how to create MIDI sequences as well in case you are interested in composing your own MIDI masterpiece to play piano online with.

Play Piano Online With This Fun Flash Game

I was surfing around when I came across this site at http://www.apronus.com/music/flashpiano.htm.

It features an online keyboard which produces sound when you use a mouse to click on the keys. Really fun! The programmers who came up with this idea have plans to make this cool computer piano keyboard even better in the future including:

• Extending it to allow you to play both low and high notes.
• Enable the keyboard to play like some other instrument, a guitar perhaps?

The only complaints that I have are that it only allows the user to play one note at a time, and it does not allow the user to play notes in quick succession, just one at a time…

The creators of this game indicated that they welcome suggestions from users on how to improve this online piano. So do send them an email if you have any ideas.