Pick any song. Upload it. We'll help you learn it note by note.
Piano Nova is a piano learning app that lets you upload any sheet music — PDF, photo, or MusicXML — and learn it note by note with your MIDI keyboard.
Free to join — be first in line when we launch.
You heard a song that gave you chills. You found the sheet music. You sit down at the piano. Now what?
You try to sight-read it, but it's overwhelming. Too many notes, too complex, and nobody to break it down for you.
You push through the first page, but the rest feels impossible. Eventually you stop trying. The piece stays unfinished.
Three steps from PDF to your first play-through.
PDF, photo, or MusicXML — any genre, any difficulty. If it exists as sheet music, you can play it. Your uploads stay private, always.
Listen to the piece played back before you touch a key. Then connect your MIDI keyboard and play along in real time with high-fidelity piano sound.
Slow any passage to half tempo. Loop the bars that trip you up. Gradually speed up until your fingers know the way. That's how you actually learn a piece.
Piano Nova pauses and waits for you to play the right note before moving on. No rushing. No falling behind. Just you and the music, note by note.
Practice tips, difficulty breakdowns, and learning timelines for pieces you'll want to play.
Every time I found a piece I loved, I'd hit a wall trying to learn it alone. So I built a tool — so no piece stays unfinished.
Piano Nova accepts PDF sheet music, photos of printed scores (JPG, PNG), and MusicXML/MXL files. PDFs and photos are converted to playable notation using optical music recognition (OMR). MusicXML files are imported directly.
No. You can use Piano Nova without a MIDI keyboard to view scores, listen to playback, and adjust tempo. To play along and use wait mode (where the app pauses until you play the correct note), you'll need any USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard.
Synthesia uses falling colored blocks instead of real sheet music notation. Piano Nova displays actual notation, which builds sight-reading skills. Piano Nova also lets you upload any score (PDF, photo, MusicXML), while Synthesia works with MIDI files from its library.
Piano Nova has a free tier that includes 1 score with 1 page. Paid plans start at $11.99/month for unlimited scores and pages. A yearly plan ($79.99/year, 44% savings) and a one-time lifetime plan ($199, limited to the first 100 members) are also available.
Piano Nova works on desktop (web browser), iOS, and Android. Your scores sync across all devices. MIDI keyboards connect via USB on desktop and Bluetooth on mobile.
Be the first to play any piece you want.
Free to join — be first in line when we launch.
