Felt
A piano teacher that listens

Learn piano on your piano.

Felt hears your real instrument through the microphone — or a MIDI cable — and waits for you at every note. Keys, fingers, both hands, reading music: from Middle C to Für Elise.

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Movement I · 0/10 lessons

Foundations

Find your way around the keys, one hand at a time, in five-finger positions.

  1. 01Meet the keyboardWhite keys, black keys, and the pattern that repeats across the whole piano.4′
  2. 02Finding C and Middle CThe note everything is measured from — and the one closest to your belly button.5′
  3. 03The musical alphabetSeven letters, A to G, then they start again. Name every white key.6′
  4. 04Finger numbers & postureYour fingers get numbers 1 to 5. Every song in this app uses them.4′
  5. 05Right hand in C positionFive fingers over five keys, C to G. The home position for your first songs.6′
  6. 06Left hand in C positionThe left hand mirrors the right: pinky on the C below Middle C.6′
  7. 07Rhythm: counting beatsWhole, half and quarter notes — how long to hold each one.6′
  8. 08Reading the treble staffFive lines, four spaces. The right hand's home on paper.8′
  9. 09Reading the bass staffThe left hand's staff. Same lines, different names.8′
  10. 10First steps hands togetherCoordinating two hands, starting with the easiest possible version.7′
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Movement II · 0/8 lessons

Hands Together

Scales, chords and the left hand as a real partner. Black keys stop being scary.

  1. 11Sharps & flatsBlack keys have two names. ♯ means one key up, ♭ means one key down.6′
  2. 12C major scale — right handEight notes with only five fingers: the thumb tucks under.7′
  3. 13C major scale — left handThe left hand crosses finger 3 over going up.7′
  4. 14Major chords (triads)Three notes, one shape, every key. Your first chords: C, F and G.7′
  5. 15Minor chordsLower the middle note by a half step and the mood flips.6′
  6. 16I–IV–V–I with melodyThe chord progression behind thousands of songs, under a right-hand tune.8′
  7. 17Eighth notes & dotted rhythmsTwo notes per beat, and the long-short swing of a dotted rhythm.6′
  8. 18G major & key signaturesOne sharp changes everything. Reading the key signature at the start of a piece.7′
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Movement III · 0/6 lessons

Repertoire

Real piano literature: arpeggios, independence, syncopation and touch.

  1. 19Chord inversionsSame three notes, different order. The secret to smooth chord changes.8′
  2. 20ArpeggiosA chord played one note at a time, sweeping across octaves.8′
  3. 21Seventh chordsAdd one more skip on top. Instant jazz, blues and tension.6′
  4. 22Hand independence: Alberti bassThe left hand ripples a chord pattern while the right hand sings — the Mozart move.8′
  5. 23Syncopation & touchAccents between the beats, plus legato vs staccato.6′
  6. 24Sight-reading drillLedger lines and both clefs — read it, play it, don't look down.10′