Start with your first three notes
Install Freano and the first lesson is one tap away. No account, no card number.
Freano's course runs in 9 stages. Each lesson shows one note (or one chord) on the staff and lights up the key to press; the next one appears only when you get it right. Below is every lesson in the app, with the notes it uses.
Your first three notes, then all five fingers, coming back down, the black keys, an octave jump and skipping notes. No theory needed — just find the key that lights up.
Major, minor, pentatonic and chromatic scales, up and back down. Scales teach your fingers where the keys are and prepare you for every piece that follows.
Broken triads in C, F, G, A minor and D minor, the I–IV–V–I progression and the G7 chord. You play the notes one at a time, so you learn the shape of each chord.
Each interval from a second to an octave: play the two notes in turn, then together, so your ear and your hand learn them at the same time.
Cmaj7, Dm7, G7, Am7 and Fmaj7, spread out and then pressed at once, ending with the ii–V–I progression.
The same chord in root position, first inversion and second inversion. The point is to feel how the hand shape changes.
Scales in A, E, B♭ and E♭ major and in E and D minor — the keys with sharps and flats that you meet in real music.
Whole pieces from the repertoire, one note at a time, with the melody shown on the staff. Start with Hot Cross Buns and work up to Ode to Joy.
The left hand alone first, reading the bass clef. Then both hands in unison, a melody over bass notes, a melody over chords, and finally two pieces with both hands.
Besides the lessons, the Practice tab builds drills from rules — no copyrighted exercise books. Choose a type and a key, and the drill repeats for about half a minute.
major scale, natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, blues scale, chromatic scale, dorian mode, phrygian mode, lydian mode, mixolydian mode, locrian mode, whole-tone scale
major arpeggio, minor arpeggio, dominant 7th arpeggio, major 7th arpeggio, minor 7th arpeggio, diminished arpeggio, half-diminished 7th arpeggio, augmented arpeggio, suspended 4th arpeggio, major 6th arpeggio, minor 6th arpeggio
I – IV – V – I, I – V – vi – IV, ii – V – I, I – vi – ii – V, 12-bar blues, I – vi – IV – V, vi – IV – I – V, I – V – vi – iii – IV – I – IV – V, I – bVII – IV – I, ii – V – i (minor), I – IV – I – V
five-finger pattern, broken thirds, broken fourths, climbing pattern, running pattern, broken sixths, octave jumps, trill pattern, skipping thirds, coming down
block chords, Alberti bass, waltz bass, broken chords, octave bass
Most lessons are between 6 and 40 notes, so one takes a minute or two. The app counts how many minutes you practised today and how many days in a row.
No. Every lesson is open from the start. The order is a suggestion that goes from easy to harder.
Yes. The note you are playing is shown on the staff and moves along as you go. When the left hand joins in, a bass clef appears and you read a grand staff.
Install Freano and the first lesson is one tap away. No account, no card number.