My First Piano on a Chromebook or in your browser

My First Piano also runs in Chrome and Edge, so it works on Chromebooks, Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Plug in a digital piano with a USB cable, or use the computer keyboard, and play along with the falling notes.

Free in your browser

No sign-in and no payment. The core learning songs, falling notes, colors and note names, Find the Note, players, My progress and school-style progress reports.

Pro for the web

The complete library, your own songs, recording, MIDI and MusicXML import and export, and the advanced practice tools. One payment, no subscription.

What you need

A Chromebook, or a Windows, Mac or Linux computer with a current version of Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. The piano connection uses the browser’s MIDI support, which these two browsers have. Safari and iPhone or iPad browsers cannot connect a piano.
Optional: a digital piano or keyboard with a USB cable. With no piano, the computer keyboard and the mouse work too.
Internet only the first time you open it. After that the app opens offline.

Connect your piano

Plug the USB cable from the piano into the computer and turn the piano on.
Open My First Piano and choose Connect my piano.
When the browser asks to use MIDI devices, choose Allow.
Press a key. If it lights up on the screen, you are connected.

Piano not found? Unplug the cable and plug it in again, close other tabs or programs that use the piano, and press Check again. On a school Chromebook, the school may block USB devices or MIDI: ask the person who manages the Chromebooks to allow MIDI for https://davidandjane.com.

Install it like an app

In Chrome or Edge, look for the install icon at the right end of the address bar, or open the browser menu and choose Install My First Piano (in Chrome, under Cast, save and share). It then opens in its own window, with its own icon, and works offline.

Where your progress is kept

Players, songs, settings and progress are saved in the browser on that device. Nothing is uploaded to us (see the Privacy Policy). On a Chromebook, each student’s own Chrome profile keeps its own data. If you clear the browser data, it is removed, so use Players → Save to a file to keep a copy, or to move to another computer, or to the Windows app.

Progress reports for teachers and parents

Open My progress and choose Save progress report (PDF). The browser’s print window opens: choose Save as PDF to keep the report or send it to a printer. The class summary and the spreadsheet file work too. See Progress reports for teachers and families.

For schools

The Free web version has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. Students’ names and progress stay in the browser on their device.
Ask your administrator to allow https://davidandjane.com. In the Google Admin console the app can be added as a web app by its address, https://davidandjane.com/play/.
Questions about classroom use? Write to support@davidandjane.com.

What is different from the Windows app

The web versions have the same screens, songs, languages (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and practice tools as the Windows app. One feature of Pro is only in the Windows app for now: the sheet-music reader that turns a PDF or a photo of sheet music into a song. Everything else in Pro works in the web version, including importing MIDI and MusicXML files. The Windows app is on the Microsoft Store.

Questions? See Support, write to support@davidandjane.com or use the contact form.