About — Justin Evans

I started learning piano in 1999, completely self-taught. I bought every piano book I could find and scoured the early internet for answers to questions my books left open. Most of what I found was either incomplete, buried in ads, or written for people who already knew theory.

The real breakthrough came when I started seeing patterns — chords and scales not as abstract theory but as muscle memory, as shapes under my hands. Once I understood those patterns, everything accelerated.

I built piano.org to be the single, clean, comprehensive piano reference I wished had existed when I was starting out. Every tool on this site — the interactive keyboard, audio playback, staff notation, fingering overlays — exists because it was something I personally needed while practicing.

“This isn’t a content factory. It’s a practice tool built by someone who sits at a piano every day.”

I’ve been playing piano for over 25 years. I spent six years studying jazz piano under Ted Howe, a Berklee College of Music professor and Summit Records recording artist. I attended Berklee College of Music workshops and completed Berklee Online ear training coursework.

Performance: I’ve performed at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, Disney’s EPCOT, and Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. I held a six-year piano residency at Von Maur Atlanta and served as pianist at Connection Pointe and Kingsway Christian Church in Indiana. I was the keyboardist for Blue Transit, an Indianapolis indie-rock band, and played the dinosaur hall at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

Teaching: I served as an Adjunct Instructor at The Art Institutes, teaching interactive multimedia courses, and have taught private piano students in Atlanta.

Industry: I worked at Piano Distributors — the Southeast’s largest Yamaha dealership — for two years, gaining deep product knowledge of acoustic and digital pianos.

Tech & career: I hold a degree in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue University. I spent eight years as a database programmer and currently work as an E-Commerce Director. piano.org is built nights and weekends.

Every chord and scale page on piano.org features an interactive keyboard where you can see notes highlighted, hear them played, toggle fingering overlays, and view staff notation — all in one place, with no page reloads.

The site covers over 450 chords, scales, and modes across all 18 keys, plus 16 Practice Principles designed to help players build real technique and musicianship.

The goal is simple: build the most complete, accurate, and useful piano reference on the internet — free, fast, and built for real practice. No fluff, no filler, no content written to game search engines.