Piano Trainer is an interactive application for learning piano scales and chords at your own pace.
It supports MIDI devices and computer keyboard input, with practice exercises and quizzes offering immediate feedback.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Practise piano scales, chords, and the circle of fifths.
- Use a MIDI device or QWERTY keyboard for input.
- Test key recognition and circle-of-fifths knowledge in Quiz mode.
- Play scales forwards and backwards with Ping Pong mode.
- Hide upcoming notes with Hard mode.
- Automatically switch scales after completion with Shuffle mode.
- Includes built-in piano sounds.
- Supports English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.
- Cross-platform support.
Website: github.com/ZaneH/piano-trainer
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Developer: Zane Helton
License: MIT License

Piano Trainer is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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