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That music in your head you can't get out...
Yeah, we get that. Learn piano with your MIDI keyboard and start playing your way through interactive lessons that go deeper into your genre. Explore chords, melodies, beats and samples as you learn skills you can take straight to the studio.
Melodics has got the lot.
Structured learning.
Follow our structured path through theory, techniques and key musical concepts.
Lessons & courses.
Choose a lesson or course and focus on a specific technique or dive into your favorite genres.
Learn songs.
Break down and learn the iconic parts of your favorite tunes with note-by-note keyboard tutorials for over 500 songs.
Keys tutorials for your fave tracks.
Bring your favorite beats to life. Dive into note-by-note tutorials for hundreds of legendary tracks! Choose your difficulty, start in practice mode, nail the full lesson, and get real-time feedback to level up as you play!
Try for freeTry the definitive course for learning the keyboard.
Trial Melodics free for 7 days and see why we’ve earned a cult fanbase of over a million musicians all around the world. We’ll guide you through techniques and tutorials that build your confidence on the keys.
Try for freeFind your flow.
Our intuitive experience shows you exactly which notes to play, with visuals designed specifically for aspiring producers.
Want to take it slow? No problem! Reduce the tempo or loop those tricky parts and practice until you're ready to shine in performance mode.
Plug in your MIDI keyboard & play.
Melodics is super friendly with all MIDI devices - we promise you a frustration-free setup experience. Just plug in and let the magic happen!
Need a few notes?
Melodics listens in real-time, giving easy-to-follow, personalised feedback to help you improve and keep you pumped about playing.
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Melodics works with any MIDI keyboard, just plug in and play.
Thinking about learning pads?
Melodics gives you more ways to play. Plug in any MIDI-capable pads controller and continue your beats discovery on your existing subscription.
Join a cult fanbase of over 1,000,000 musicians.
I haven't once felt discouraged by the app. I enjoy it. I can't wait to get off of work and get home to take a lesson or two. My creative bone is itching and I listen to all the pop songs that come up on my shuffle and I think "I can do that. I know I have the ability to create something like that." Melodics has given me a confidence that I hadn't previously had.
Mikey - Melodics User It fills a really important gap in how music and music theory is taught. I always wanted to get better at piano to help with production, but the task oriented nature of Melodics helped me actually do it.
Derek - Melodics User I always joked that I can play any chord you name if you give me 10 minutes, as this was true. After about 3 months of using Melodics 10 minutes a day or so, things clicked into place and I can play the keys now.
Neil - Melodics User
Melodics is the best way to build your musical skills
Try for freeFAQs
- Melodics is an interactive app that teaches you keyboard and piano skills through real-time lessons - think of it as having a music coach or bandmate that listens to your playing and gives you instant feedback. Designed with producers in mind, Melodics teaches chords, melodies, and basslines through lessons in styles like hip hop, house, funk, and lo‑fi. Courses exploring scales, progressions, and melodic ideas give context to music theory in a way that’s fun, relevant, and aligned with creative songwriting. You plug in your MIDI keyboard (or controller), follow the visual guides on screen, and the app hears what you play, showing you exactly where you're nailing it and where to tighten up, teaching you new chords and techniques through your favourite songs. It's designed specifically for producers and musicians who want to learn keys in the context of making actual music, not just classical exercises.
- Absolutely. Melodics has over 500 song lessons covering everything from hip hop and electronic to pop, rock, jazz and R&B. You can learn iconic keyboard parts from actual tracks note-by-note, broken down by difficulty level. Plus, the techniques you build through our structured lessons and courses transfer directly to learning any song you want - on or off the platform.
- Our Melodics lessons relate to the wider world of written music. You may notice that the design of these hints at the bass and treble clef of piano sheet music. This is designed to sub-consciously develop your spatial recognition of key interval structures and make it easier for you to transfer your learning between different contexts.
- Our approach to music education is this - confidence is key: positive reinforcement and building good habits around practice creates a really powerful feedback loop. A simple but really powerful idea here is that greatness isn’t born, it’s grown. The word practice can leave a bad taste in your mouth, at least as it’s used musically. It raises images of endless scales and aching hands trying to get the fingering right for an CMaj7♯11 chord on the guitar. For many of us - brought up on hip hop / techno / jungle / EDM / a million other micro-genres, that approach doesn’t fit with what we feel in the music. The energy. The fun. However – practicing by repeating something over again is still the best way to improve, and that’s as true of learning to play music as it is anything else. So with Melodics we make your practice fun using motivational mechanics and practice goals. But don’t take our word for it, check out what some of our happy customers are saying here.
- YouTube tutorials tell you what to play. Melodics listens to what you're actually playing, teaches you how to perfect it and tells you how to get there. That real-time feedback is the difference - you're not guessing whether you got it right or just hoping you're improving. Plus, Melodics structures your learning so you're not randomly jumping between techniques without a plan. Both have their place, but Melodics keeps you accountable and moving forward.
- Our free trial for desktop gives you 7 days of full premium access to everything Melodics has to offer - all lessons, songs, and learning paths are yours to explore. To get started, just head to account.melodics.com/create-account, choose your preferred plan, and enter your payment details. You'll get immediate access to the full premium experience. Now, here's the important bit: while we do need a payment method upfront, you can cancel anytime during those 7 days and you won't be charged a thing. If you decide to cancel, you'll simply revert to our limited free plan once the trial wraps up. Think of it as a full test drive - dive in, explore everything, and see if Melodics clicks for you before committing.
- Both. The structured path is perfect for beginners, but there's plenty for advanced players - complex chord voicings, advanced rhythm patterns, genre-specific techniques, and those 500+ song lessons that go all the way up to advanced difficulty. If you're already solid on keys but want to tighten up your timing, explore new genres, or learn specific tracks, you'll find yourself challenged and therefore growing.
- Both, actually. You practice inside the app where you get that real-time feedback and structure, but everything you learn transfers to playing outside of Melodics. The muscle memory, chord shapes, timing, and techniques you build are yours to take to the studio, jam sessions, or writing your own tracks. Think of the app as your practice space that prepares you for the real world.
- You can use your computer keyboard, but it doesn’t cover a full range of keys and you won’t be able to complete many lessons, but it’s enough to give you an idea of how awesome Melodics is.
- Melodics is compatible with most MIDI device - Plug and play support for the most popular devices on the planet, and custom remapping for everything else. View a list of all supported devices here (https://support.melodics.com/en/articles/6782810-supported-instruments)
- If you find that you aren’t making the progress you’d like and Melodics isn’t for you, you can pause or cancel your subscription at any time through https://account.melodics.com. Or if you're paying via PayPal, you can cancel your subscription from within your PayPal account. You’ll still have full access to everything until the end of your payment period, and you can continue to play all the free lessons after your subscription has ended. Your progress won’t be lost!