Easy piano songs
Public-domain pieces with sheet music in four levels: from »white keys only, one hand« to piano literature. The level is computed, not guessed.
»Easy« here is not an opinion but a computation. From the engraving of each piece the site reads three things: how far the range reaches, how many black keys occur and how many notes sound at once. That gives one of four levels.
They are bands, not a ranking. Two pieces in the same level share the same hurdles, not the same difficulty — what one player finds simple costs another a week. The table therefore gives the numbers themselves, so anyone can measure them against their own hands.
Very easy
One voice, white keys only, one hand position — the very first pieces.
| Piece | Range (semitones) | Black keys | Notes at once | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Had a Little Lamb | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Jingle Bells | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Ode to Joy | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | 9 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
Easy
One voice, few black keys, everything within an octave.
| Piece | Range (semitones) | Black keys | Notes at once | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazing Grace | 12 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Rock of Ages | 12 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| In The Bleak MidWinter | 12 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| O Sacred Head, Now Wounded | 12 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| O Come, All Ye Faithful | 12 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| Holy, Holy, Holy | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 |
| Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing | 12 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
| The First Noel | 12 | 2 | 1 | 73 |
Medium
Wider range, more black keys or a second voice.
| Piece | Range (semitones) | Black keys | Notes at once | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abide With Me | 9 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| Joy to the World | 12 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| Good King Wenceslas | 12 | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| Crown Him With Many Crowns | 12 | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | 12 | 3 | 1 | 69 |
| It Is Well With My Soul | 12 | 5 | 1 | 55 |
| The Church's One Foundation | 13 | 2 | 1 | 52 |
| Frère Jacques | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Nearer, My God, To Thee | 14 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Praise To The Lord, The Almighty | 14 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 14 | 1 | 1 | 67 |
| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | 14 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| Angels We Have Heard On High | 14 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | 14 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| What A Friend We Have In Jesus | 14 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
| Blessed Assurance | 15 | 3 | 1 | 73 |
| Silent Night | 17 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Be Thou My Vision | 17 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| All Creatures of Our God and King | 12 | 2 | 2 | 67 |
| Away In A Manger | 15 | 1 | 2 | 88 |
For later
Several voices at once, or a range beyond two octaves — piano literature.
| Piece | Range (semitones) | Black keys | Notes at once | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Entertainer | 61 | 5 | 6 | 2621 |
| Für Elise | 67 | 5 | 6 | 905 |
| Maple Leaf Rag | 60 | 5 | 7 | 2566 |
What stands beside it
The first shapes on the keyboard: The first piano chords. How to read music at all: How to read sheet music.
Anotona does this for you
Photograph a page of sheet music or play the melody — Anotona finds the key, engraves the notes and transposes them into any other. Free.
See AnotonaEvery note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.