Open a score and Hands on Piano plays it for you: every note engraved, every key lit, and two hands showing exactly which finger goes where, at the speed you choose.
Hands on Piano has no accounts, no tracking and no ads. The scores you open are read in your browser and never leave your device.
What stays on your device
Scores you open. MusicXML and MIDI files are read and played entirely in your browser. They are not uploaded anywhere.
Your songs. Scores you open are kept in your browser's own storage (IndexedDB) so you can come back to them. Remove one from the song library, or clear this site's data in your browser settings, to delete it.
Preferences. Settings such as speed, themes and the last song you played are saved in your browser (localStorage).
MIDI keyboards. If you connect a MIDI keyboard, your browser asks for permission first. The notes you play are handled on your device and are not recorded or sent anywhere.
Services that load the page
Opening Hands on Piano asks a few providers for the files the page needs. Like any website request, these carry your IP address and basic browser details, which each provider handles under its own policy:
Vercel hosts the site and keeps standard server logs to operate and protect it. Vercel privacy policy
Hands on Piano is a free, non-commercial tool for learning the piano. By using it you agree to these terms.
Using Hands on Piano
You may use Hands on Piano for personal, educational and other non-commercial purposes. Please don't try to disrupt the site, overload it, or use it to harm others.
Your scores
The files you open stay yours and stay on your device; we claim no rights in them. You are responsible for having the right to use any score you open.
The song library
The pieces in the library are in the public domain, but some of the digital editions they come from are licensed for non-commercial use only. That is one reason Hands on Piano itself is offered only for non-commercial use. See Music sources for the details.
Fingering and hand movements
Fingering not written in a score, and the way the hands move, are worked out automatically. They are a helpful guide, not a replacement for a teacher. Play at a comfortable pace and take breaks.
No warranty
Hands on Piano is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from its use. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the law that cannot be limited.
Open-source parts
Hands on Piano is built with open-source software, fonts and data, each under its own licence. See Credits & licences.
Changes
We may update these terms; the new version will be posted here with a new date. Continuing to use Hands on Piano means you accept them.
Bach Chorale BWV 244.62 and Prelude BWV 846, Mozart K. 545, Clara Schumann Polonaise Op. 1 No. 1, Maple Leaf Rag, Chopin Mazurka Op. 6 No. 2, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair