If you are one of those piano lovers and love to create beautiful music but don’t want to bother buying a piano (and affording it), then I’m sure you will enjoy these 9 websites where you can play piano online for free. It’s really fun and you can even learn to play few songs with your mouse and keyboard. Although it’s not like playing a real piano, it’s fun and cool and you should really give it a try.

Before you play these pianos, just make sure you have Java or Flash player installed. Finally, have your computer’s sound system switched on and have fun!

1. Virtual Keyboard Piano

To play single notes on the keyboard, follow the instructions of this site. Click the mouse pointer on one of the ‘piano’ keys to hear the sound. You can also press the letters on your keyboard to play the notes by referring to its diagram. To use this feature make sure CAPS LOCK is off.

2. Play the Piano Online – Virtual Piano / Java Piano

This site’s piano is an interactive electronic piano written in Java. To play it, click on piano keys, Drum or Demo. To record the play, click Rec, click piano keys, then click Play to re-play. Overall, there are six different drum beats. You can click the ‘Chord Mode’ button to turn on and off the chord facility.

3. Piano machine online game

Besides playing it online, you can also download this piano as game to play it in your computer. The site also has piano emulator, online keyboard piano, interactive online piano, free piano lesson, online piano flash and games for piano.

4. Play a Piano / Synthesizer / Oscilloscope

Using your mouse or your computer’s keyboard, you can play the piano. The interesting part of this site is that, as you play the piano, you’ll see the wave forms as well as hear them. The piano can also play a song for you, while you watch. This virtual reality Java piano lets you play the piano and have a little fun while learning the relationship between the sounds, music theory, musical scales, and the underlying math and physics of how sounds are produced and perceived.

5. Play Piano Online – Play-Piano.org

In this piano you can play a Grand Piano on a virtual online piano in real live. This piano is recorded by Stephan Rauch in Selfstudio. Enjoy the sounds and try to create a nice song on this online piano.

6. Music Games, Piano, Guitar & Drums

There are various methods from which you could learn piano. By playing music piano games you can improve your hearing of name tones and chords by ear. The games can help you to get a better grip on your instrument. There are more opportunities to learn basic piano lessons than ever before.

7. VirtualP iano

Haven’t got a piano yet? Try this one! (may take up to few seconds to load)

8. 2DPlay

A flash game piano that you can play at this games website.

9. V P K

And that should be all! If you know of some website that lets you play piano online for free, post it in the comments and I will add it to this list. Some of these are very similar but there are some little differences in each of them.

I hope you will find the best match for you and start creating beautiful sounds!

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