# Learn Piano — free resources

Curated free / open tools. Prefer official sites; check score licenses on IMSLP for your country.

## Theory & reading

- **[musictheory.net lessons](https://www.musictheory.net/lessons)** — animated lessons on staff, rhythm, scales, intervals, chords. Optional apps support the site.
- **[musictheory.net exercises](https://www.musictheory.net/exercises)** — note ID, keyboard, ear drills.
- **[Open Music Theory (OMT2)](https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/)** — open undergraduate theory text. Classic: [openmusictheory.github.io](https://openmusictheory.github.io/).
- This repo: [Time signatures](time-signatures.html) (Western meter) · [Note values](note-values.html) · [Sight reading](reading.html) · [Highway](highway.html).

## Scores

- **[IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library](https://imslp.org/)** — public-domain sheet music and method books.

## Technique & finger exercises

- **[Hanon — The Virtuoso Pianist](https://www.hanon-online.com/)** — all 60 finger exercises in every key, with free sheet music (PDF), play-along audio, and an online metronome. Public-domain classic (1873).
- This repo: [Drills](drills.html) (wake-up patterns) · [Exercises](exercises.html) (Hanon No. 1, scales, arpeggios, hand-syncing).

## Interactive keyboards

- **[PianoPath](https://pianopath.vercel.app/)** — free browser piano (chords, scales, lessons).
- This repo: [practice keyboard](theory.html#keyboard) · [Quest Mode](quest.html)

## Video

Search YouTube for clear beginner camera angles (“middle C”, “C major scale hands separately”). Cross-check theory claims with musictheory.net.

## Suggested workflow

1. Daily practice in [Theory and Practice](theory.html) or [Quest Mode](quest.html).
2. Clarify sticky concepts on musictheory.net.
3. Add repertoire from IMSLP when C–G (and simple chords) feel easy.