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Music: free sheet music, chords and theory
Everything on our site for learning to read and play music, in one place. It’s all free, there’s nothing to sign up for, and every piece and example plays out loud, so you can hear how it should go before you try it.
Piano sheet music for kids
Two hundred first pieces for a child learning the piano, printed the way a music book would, every one in C major, in six levels starting from C position: the right thumb on middle C and the right hand alone at first, then chords in the left hand on the grand staff. The words are under the tune, with dynamics. Every piece has a play button, a slower speed and one hand at a time, plus practice notes and a short history of the song. Nursery rhymes, folk songs, carols, spirituals, rounds and the famous classical themes, all out of copyright and free to print.
By level
- C position: start here
- Level 1: Right hand, C to G
- Level 2: Left-hand chords
- Level 3: Notes below middle C
- Level 4: Up to the C above
- Level 5: A wider range
- Level 6: Moving on
By kind of piece
- Nursery rhymes
- Children’s songs
- Folk songs
- Australian songs
- Christmas carols
- Hymns
- Spirituals
- Rounds
- Classical themes
- National songs
See all the pieces Piano chords for beginners For grown-ups who play by ear
Christmas piano sheet music
Twenty-four carols and Christmas pieces arranged for the piano in five levels, from a few labelled notes for kids and absolute beginners to a concert O Holy Night and the Sugar Plum Fairy. Each has a play button, the words, practice notes and a short history, and all of it is out of copyright and free to print for home, church and school.
Music theory, from the first note to the last symbol
One long page that takes you from “which key is C?” to chords, cadences and the road map of a score, in sixteen short lessons. Every example is on the staff with a button to hear it. Then a searchable reference of every sign, symbol and term you’ll meet in written music, and the charts teachers keep on the wall.
The lessons
- Notes and the keyboard
- Treble and bass clef
- Note lengths and rests
- Time signatures
- Scales
- Keys and the circle of fifths
- Intervals
- Chords
- Progressions and cadences
- Dynamics
- Repeats, D.C. and D.S.
The reference
Jazz guitar for beginners
Ten easy tunes to start playing jazz on the guitar, in order, each adding one new idea: seventh chords, swing, a minor key, the 12-bar blues, the ii–V–I and bossa nova. Six are traditional tunes and four we wrote for the course. Every tune has the music with guitar TAB, chord boxes, and a play-along that can leave out the tune or the chords so you can play the other part. Plus a getting-started guide and a theory page.
The tunes
Write your own music
Play and practise
Music projects on Learn
The piano books we use
We bought every one of these ourselves. Kenneth Baker wrote two versions of his course: The Complete Piano Player for a piano or digital piano, and The Complete Keyboard Player for a home keyboard with automatic accompaniment. Pick the one that matches what you play on. Outside Australia? Each book also has an eBay link to a new copy from a seller that posts internationally.
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Learning on a piano or digital piano
The Complete Piano Player is a five-book course for beginners: it starts with your thumb on middle C and teaches reading music through popular songs.
Learning on a home keyboard
The Complete Keyboard Player is the same course written for keyboards with automatic accompaniment, like a 61-key Yamaha or Casio: your right hand plays the tune and your left hand sets off the chords and the backing.