Never played the piano?
Start with your tablet: the keys, the notes, then your first melody. A keyboard or a piano can come later.
Discover the pianoPiano app · Android
Music gets clearer, note by note.
Okyla teaches you to read and understand what you play: interactive tutorials, your own songs on real sheet music, and no piano needed to get started.
Free to start · No account · Works offline
The same song, two ways to read it. Okyla switches from one to the other mid-playback.
A real tutorial: the voice explains, the staff and the keyboard show, then it's your turn.
- No account to create
- Works offline
- No ads
- Microphone audio stays on your device
Where do you start?
Pick what sounds like you.
Already play by ear?
Open the song you play and finally see it written down. Then learn music theory: reading, counting, recognising scales and chords.
Understand what you playAlready read music?
Find your level, then work on your songs: loops, tempo, transposition, up to eight staves, with corrections on the keyboard or through the microphone.
Work on your songsThe interactive tutorials
A voice explains. Your turn to play.
Depending on the concept, a tutorial explains, shows and may ask you to play. Your device's speech synthesis speaks your language, and the tutorial waits for you when it's your turn.
- 1Understand. A clear explanation, in your language.
- 2See. Markers on the keys and on the staff.
- 3Try. You play when the tutorial asks you to.
- 4Get support. If you hesitate, Okyla repeats, shows the key, then plays the answer.
The exercises
Then you play. Okyla listens.
Reading in treble and bass clef, keeping the rhythm, scales and chords, playing with both hands: each exercise comes in several sequences.
- In Guided mode, the piano waits for you if you slip; in Performance mode, you play in tempo.
- At the end, a detailed result, criterion by criterion.
- “Redo” the same sequence, or “New sequence” to play another one.
Your MIDI files
Your songs, not a catalogue.
You open your own MIDI files, bought, downloaded or written by you. To start right away, public-domain pieces are included.
- Für EliseBeethoven
- Gymnopédie No. 1Satie
- Clair de luneDebussy
- Prelude in CBach
- TräumereiSchumann
- And yours.mid · .midi · .kar
Start with what you have
Do you need a keyboard?
No, to watch. Yes, to be corrected as precisely as possible. In between, the microphone.
The most precise
A digital keyboard
Plugged in over USB: an OTG adapter is enough on most phones and tablets. Every note is read the moment you play it, and every exercise can be played this way.
An acoustic piano
Set the tablet on the music stand: Okyla listens through the microphone, and the sound never leaves the device. Reading, scales and almost all the two-hand exercises can be played this way. Chords and most rhythm exercises need a USB keyboard.
Nothing at all
The on-screen keyboard is played with your finger. To discover the notes and follow the tutorials, the tablet is enough, even on the go. Each exercise tells you what it can be played with.
What you play stays with you.
No account, no ads, no trackers. Usage statistics and crash reports are only sent if you say yes.
Frequently asked questions
Which devices does Okyla run on?
On Android phones and tablets running Android 7.0 or later. A tablet makes the sheet music more comfortable to read.
What about iPhone or iPad?
Soon: the iPhone and iPad version is in testing. Want to try it before it comes out? Write to us at contact@okylalabs.com.
Where can I find MIDI files?
The included pieces are enough to get started. The help page lists sources where files are offered legally.
How do I cancel the subscription?
On Android, in the Play Store: your profile picture › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions › Okyla. On iPhone and iPad: Settings › your name › Subscriptions › Okyla.
Your first song is waiting for you.
Free to start, no account.
