melo

Piano studio.

Learn your first chord or compose and record with melo.

melo listens as you play and helps you practice chords, scales, and sight-reading in every key. Learn real songs note by note, jam with a band, record your own songs part by part, and see how far you’ve come. Ask Brent, your AI coach, anything along the way. Free, right in your browser.

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A preview of melo playing: it names each chord of a two-five-one as it plays, runs D Dorian with its fingering, catches a wrong note in an F sharp m7 drill, and jams Just the Two of Us with its lo-fi band.

melo names every chord

Have a keyboard that plugs into your computer, or a tablet or phone with a microphone? Open melo and play it for real.

Ask Brent,

your personal AI piano coach.

Ask him anything about music or your playing. He lights up the notes, plays them for you, and listens as you play them back. He comes with a free account.

Asked how to play C7, Brent checks it with melo, lights C, E, G and B flat on the keyboard with fingers 1, 2, 3 and 5, plays the chord, and asks you to play it. melo hears C7 played back, and Brent says it’s clean.

How do I play C7?

Practice chords, scales and progressions in every key.

You select the chords, scales, or progressions you want to practice, and melo guides you through them, checking every note and providing feedback.

Start practicing
melo’s Practice page: Chords, Progressions, Scales and Reading, with styles to choose from

From your first chord to rootless jazz voicings.

CYour first chord
Cmaj7Add the 7th
Cmaj9Rootless, the way jazz pianists play it

Explore and learn as you play.

Choose as you go lets you practice and explore your way.

Choose a scale
E flat major in melo, chosen on the circle of fifths: written on the staff with its fingering, its first notes played, and the rest marked on the keyboard with the fingers to use

Learn real songs, one note at a time.

Access a library of 54 songs: Chopin, the Moonlight Sonata, Clair de lune, the Can-Can, Rhapsody in Blue, and melo originals. Try 10 now; a free account opens them all.

See all the songs

Bring your own music

Open a MusicXML file of any score you have, and build your library with a free account.

The Moonlight Sonata in melo: the notes played so far in gold, and the next ones marked on the keyboard with their fingers

Read music at sight.

Every exercise is new, written for your step: a tune over real chords, in phrases that answer each other. Go at your own pace, customize your settings, loop the sections you want to practice, and have fun while learning. The first 4 steps are yours to try; a free account opens them all.

Start reading
Sight-reading in melo: a short exercise in the bass clef being looked over, with each line’s letter beside the staff and the note names under it

Jam with a band.

Choose a style and a progression, and melo plays it on a loop as your band, in any key. The drummer counts you in, and melo shows the notes you can play, lit up on the keyboard. You can play the lead, or the rhythm, or take turns with melo. When a take sounds good, record it, and the band goes in it with you.

Start a jam
Jam in melo: lo-fi’s Just the Two of Us in C major, its chords with their numerals, the band’s sound and drums beside it, and the C major pentatonic scale lit on the keyboard

See how far you’ve come.

With a free account, melo keeps track of your wins. Set a weekly goal and crush achievements along the way.

A profile in melo: the week as seven lamps, three days counting toward a goal of four, achievements earned, and cards for this week, what’s worth another look and your keys

Build a song, part by part.

Record, save, and export your music

Lay down the chords, play a lead over them, and add a bass line or a second melody. Each part gets its own lane and its own sound, and melo plays them back together.

A session in melo playing: Chords, Lead and Vibes parts and the band from Jam in lanes, each with its sound and its notes along the timeline, the playhead running through them and the chord lit on the keyboard

  1. Record

    With a count-in and the metronome, or over your band in Jam.

  2. Build it up

    Change sounds as you go. The parts you've recorded light the keys softly as you play. View your compositions as sheet music.

  3. Save your session

    With an account, save your sessions and sync them across your devices.

  4. Share

    Download an MP3 to share with anyone, or export a MIDI file (optionally quantized) for Logic or GarageBand, a track for each part.

What you need

Free, with an account

You can try melo without one. A free account opens everything else and keeps your sessions and your progress safe.

  • Every sound
  • Sessions: record up to eight parts, play back, sheet music, MP3 and MIDI files
  • Sync sessions to the cloud, on every device
  • Every chord, scale and progression drill
  • Every step of sight-reading
  • Every song, and favorites on every device
  • Your library: your own scores, on every device
  • Your profile: your week, a goal, achievements and what to practice next
  • Brent, your AI coach: ask him anything about music and your playing
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Coming soon

melo for Mac and Windows

melo is getting a desktop app of its own: in your Mac Dock or Windows Start menu.

  • No Chrome (or any browser) needed
  • Runs without WiFi
  • Works with any MIDI keyboard
  • Use side by side with your favorite DAWs

We’re getting them ready. Get updates below, and we’ll tell you when they’re here.

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melo’s studio in a window of its own

Coming next

We’re still building new features for melo. Have an idea, or feedback? We’d love to hear from you at hello@playmelo.app.

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No account, nothing to install. Open it in Chrome or Edge, plug in your keyboard and start. Make a free account whenever you want melo to keep your sessions and your progress.

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