iCanPiano Style
F sharp: right half black. Play the black key to the right of F. B flat: left half black. Play the black key to the left of B.
Read music at first sight.
What you see is what you play.
iCanPiano Style replaces sharp and flat signs with notes that are half black and half white.
They show the piece's black keys visually, inside the notes themselves. The result: fewer mistakes, faster reading and, above all, the joy of reading music.
It isn't more practice. It's a trick. Most players feel the difference within two lines.
iCanPiano StyleStandard notation
The two-line test
Read two lines. Feel the difference.
Read these bars by J. S. Bach in standard notation. Then switch to iCanPiano Style and read them again.
Notice where your eyes stop in standard notation: every sharp, flat and key signature.
How it works
One small change for your eyes. One giant leap for your hands.
Nothing to hunt for
No sharps, flats or naturals before the notes, and no key signature to keep in your head.
Both hands at once
Less to decode in every note leaves your eyes free for both staves.
Fewer mistakes
You know black key or white key before you even name the note.
The original music
Same key, same layout, same notes. Only the noteheads change.
It's a trick, not a workout.
Standard notation makes you work out every note: is it in the key signature? Did an accidental change it earlier in the bar? iCanPiano puts the answer in the note itself. That is why the improvement is almost immediate.
2
lines to feel the difference
214
pieces in iCanPiano Style
0
accidentals to decode
Now open the music and play.
214 pieces in iCanPiano Style, from Bach and Mozart to Chopin, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.
Practise with the player
Hear the piece, follow the red line, watch the keys light up, slow down, or practise one hand at a time.
Best on a tablet
- Open iCanPiano in any browser, on an iPad or any other tablet.
- From the browser menu choose Add to Home Screen (on iPad: Share, then Add to Home Screen).
- The player now opens like an app, full screen.
