Easy piano songs

The simplest songs you already know, perfect for your first weeks at the piano. 33 pieces, easiest first.

The quickest way to love the piano is to play a song you can hum. Every piece here is a tune you know, written so your right hand carries the melody and your left hand plays one friendly note at a time. Most never ask your hand to leave five white keys.

Brand new? Start with Chopsticks, where each hand plays just one note, or Mary Had a Little Lamb. Then try Happy Birthday, ready for the next cake, and work down the list. Every song has Listen, which turns each note green as you play it right.

Beginner Levels 1 to 3

Picture credits

Mary Had a Little Lamb, from Denslow's Mother Goose. William Wallace Denslow, 1901. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Lindor et Ah! vous dirai-je maman, title page. François Bouïn, 1761, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Ludwig van Beethoven with the score of the Missa solemnis. Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
London Bridge, from The Baby's Bouquet. Walter Crane, c. 1877. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Au clair de la lune, an Épinal print. Fabrique de Pellerin, Épinal, 1846, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
The Spirit of '76. Archibald Willard, 1876. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Allan Ramsay, 1745, National Galleries of Scotland. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Aura Lea sheet music cover, 1861. J. Church Jr., Cincinnati, 1861. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
New Britain (Amazing Grace) in The Southern Harmony, 1835. William Walker, compiler, 1835. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Johann Strauss II. Fritz Luckhardt, 1899. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Erik Satie. Suzanne Valadon, 1893. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, from Denslow's Mother Goose. William Wallace Denslow, 1901, Library of Congress. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Barbara Krafft, 1819. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Stille Nacht, in Franz Xaver Gruber's hand. Franz Xaver Gruber, c. 1860. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
My Lady Greensleeves. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863, Harvard Art Museums. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Johannes Brahms. C. Brasch, Berlin, 1889, New York Public Library. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
The oldest surviving copy of Pachelbel's Canon. Unknown copyist, undated manuscript copy, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
The Entertainer, first edition cover. Unknown cover artist, 1902. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.