Learning a musical instrument means that you first buy it and then take lessons to play it.
Playing the piano using a smartphone in general may seem like just a way to play and spend time with children, while in reality there are really well-studied applications, which not only allow you to create melodies and play on the screen, but they really allow to learn with guided instructions and interactive tutorials.
You cannot replace a teacher's lessons with apps, but perhaps to start without too much effort they could really be ideal.
The good thing about learning piano notes on phones and tablets is that the flat surface can easily be doubled with a digital keyboard.
In addition, it is always possible to connect the earphones to the smartphone to play without disturbing family or people nearby.
Below are the best apps for playing the piano and learning on Android and iPhone
READ ALSO: Best Apps for playing and making music on Android, iPhone and iPad
1) Simply Piano (Android and iPhone) is one of the most popular apps in the world of the piano and is perfect for beginners.
The app allows you to choose your piano skill level, to indicate if you are starting from scratch or already have some experience.
After selecting the options, you can take learning courses starting from the basics, up to more advanced lessons that will be unlocked going on.
You can then learn to play some of the most famous songs and follow interactive video sessions.
Although the app is free, some of the content is paid and it takes a monthly subscription to unlock all the courses.
Blocked features include learning and playing music, learning sheet music, and custom piano exercises.
If you really want to learn to play the piano yourself, this application should really work.
2) Perfect Piano (Android - iPhone) is a truly exceptional application, which works as a digital keyboard to play freely.
You can choose the type of piano to play and focus a particular part of the keyboard in order to play the right notes.
If you have multiple smartphones, you can also place them side by side to have the complete keyboard of a piano.
Unlike Simply Piano, you can try the songs for free, also, depending on the level of your experience, the app allows you to choose between the Easy, Medium and Hard level.
3) Piano Chords and Scales (Android - iPhone) is a beginner app that helps you understand musical structures from scratch, learn notes and chords and practice them at the same time.
The only problem is that the keyboard is a little too small for people with thick fingers.
4) Yousician Guitar, Piano & Bass (Android - iPhone) is an app that allows you to learn to play the piano, the guitar or other instruments.
As for the piano lessons, you can start from the base or go for an intermediate course.
Beginners can start practicing to play with thumb and forefinger and learn the right keys to press on the keyboard aided by the keys that are colored differently.
Although the app is among the best ever, it constantly pushes to update the paid version, giving some interruptions.
5) FlowKey (Android - iPhone) is a very powerful application, which allows you to start learning the piano or improve your skills, with interactive lessons.
The app works as a guide to play on a real piano or keyboard and using the phone's microphone can understand if it is playing correctly.
This application had already been reported in the past, among the best sites with online, free and interactive piano lessons
6) Piano by Gismart (Android - iPhone) is a fun game, very celebrated and appreciated, which allows you to have fun and even learn to play.
The games are guided by lessons that ultimately allow you to also learn the reading of the scores and the notes and to press the right tati making even complicated chords.
7) Piano Yokee (Android - iPhone) is another excellent application for learning to play, where you can follow the most famous classical music melodies by following the keys to play on the screen.
Part of a game and part of a music teacher, this free application has everything to learn.
8) Piano Academy, only for iPhone, is dedicated to interactive piano learning sessions, which gives immediate feedback on pianist skills.
You can learn the theory of music and then also the chords, reading the scores and memorizing the notes to be played.
9) Pianist HD (Android), unlike all the other piano apps, does not have fixed instructions and you can play by following the indicated notes and the colored keys, without necessarily going fast, but also slowly.
This piano app has 128 MIDI musical instruments, over 12 sampled voices, 88-key piano keyboard, 12 different piano keyboards and other musical instruments, including organ, digital piano, harpsichord, accordion, electric guitar, harp, cello.
10) Magic Piano by Smule (Android - iPhone), we mention it even if it is not an app to learn or even to play the piano on your smartphone, but a nice fast and fun game where you have to touch the right points of the screen following the rhythm of the songs listened to.
It is certainly one of the games most loved by young people also because the songs are the first ones in the ranking of famous artists.
READ ALSO: Best music games for Android and iPhone
Playing the piano using a smartphone in general may seem like just a way to play and spend time with children, while in reality there are really well-studied applications, which not only allow you to create melodies and play on the screen, but they really allow to learn with guided instructions and interactive tutorials.
You cannot replace a teacher's lessons with apps, but perhaps to start without too much effort they could really be ideal.
The good thing about learning piano notes on phones and tablets is that the flat surface can easily be doubled with a digital keyboard.
In addition, it is always possible to connect the earphones to the smartphone to play without disturbing family or people nearby.
Below are the best apps for playing the piano and learning on Android and iPhone
READ ALSO: Best Apps for playing and making music on Android, iPhone and iPad
1) Simply Piano (Android and iPhone) is one of the most popular apps in the world of the piano and is perfect for beginners.
The app allows you to choose your piano skill level, to indicate if you are starting from scratch or already have some experience.
After selecting the options, you can take learning courses starting from the basics, up to more advanced lessons that will be unlocked going on.
You can then learn to play some of the most famous songs and follow interactive video sessions.
Although the app is free, some of the content is paid and it takes a monthly subscription to unlock all the courses.
Blocked features include learning and playing music, learning sheet music, and custom piano exercises.
If you really want to learn to play the piano yourself, this application should really work.
2) Perfect Piano (Android - iPhone) is a truly exceptional application, which works as a digital keyboard to play freely.
You can choose the type of piano to play and focus a particular part of the keyboard in order to play the right notes.
If you have multiple smartphones, you can also place them side by side to have the complete keyboard of a piano.
Unlike Simply Piano, you can try the songs for free, also, depending on the level of your experience, the app allows you to choose between the Easy, Medium and Hard level.
3) Piano Chords and Scales (Android - iPhone) is a beginner app that helps you understand musical structures from scratch, learn notes and chords and practice them at the same time.
The only problem is that the keyboard is a little too small for people with thick fingers.
4) Yousician Guitar, Piano & Bass (Android - iPhone) is an app that allows you to learn to play the piano, the guitar or other instruments.
As for the piano lessons, you can start from the base or go for an intermediate course.
Beginners can start practicing to play with thumb and forefinger and learn the right keys to press on the keyboard aided by the keys that are colored differently.
Although the app is among the best ever, it constantly pushes to update the paid version, giving some interruptions.
5) FlowKey (Android - iPhone) is a very powerful application, which allows you to start learning the piano or improve your skills, with interactive lessons.
The app works as a guide to play on a real piano or keyboard and using the phone's microphone can understand if it is playing correctly.
This application had already been reported in the past, among the best sites with online, free and interactive piano lessons
6) Piano by Gismart (Android - iPhone) is a fun game, very celebrated and appreciated, which allows you to have fun and even learn to play.
The games are guided by lessons that ultimately allow you to also learn the reading of the scores and the notes and to press the right tati making even complicated chords.
7) Piano Yokee (Android - iPhone) is another excellent application for learning to play, where you can follow the most famous classical music melodies by following the keys to play on the screen.
Part of a game and part of a music teacher, this free application has everything to learn.
8) Piano Academy, only for iPhone, is dedicated to interactive piano learning sessions, which gives immediate feedback on pianist skills.
You can learn the theory of music and then also the chords, reading the scores and memorizing the notes to be played.
9) Pianist HD (Android), unlike all the other piano apps, does not have fixed instructions and you can play by following the indicated notes and the colored keys, without necessarily going fast, but also slowly.
This piano app has 128 MIDI musical instruments, over 12 sampled voices, 88-key piano keyboard, 12 different piano keyboards and other musical instruments, including organ, digital piano, harpsichord, accordion, electric guitar, harp, cello.
10) Magic Piano by Smule (Android - iPhone), we mention it even if it is not an app to learn or even to play the piano on your smartphone, but a nice fast and fun game where you have to touch the right points of the screen following the rhythm of the songs listened to.
It is certainly one of the games most loved by young people also because the songs are the first ones in the ranking of famous artists.
READ ALSO: Best music games for Android and iPhone
