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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.

PieceRange (semitones)Black keysNotes at onceNotes
Mary Had a Little Lamb70126
Jingle Bells70126
Ode to Joy70130
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star90142

Easy

One voice, few black keys, everything within an octave.

Medium

Wider range, more black keys or a second voice.

For later

Several voices at once, or a range beyond two octaves — piano literature.

PieceRange (semitones)Black keysNotes at onceNotes
The Entertainer61562621
Für Elise6756905
Maple Leaf Rag60572566

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.

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Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.