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Easy Piano Songs

Public-domain songs selected for beginners — melody notes by letter name, left-hand chord letters, and a practice guide for each piece. Every song below is verified public domain and can be shared, printed, and performed without restriction.

Songs — beginner level

Happy BirthdayMildred & Patty Hill · 1893 · PD in US since 2016Beginner
Key: C majorTime: 3/4

The most-played song in the English language. Four phrases, one position, and every note in C major.

Jingle BellsJames Lord Pierpont · 1857 · public domainBeginner
Key: C majorTime: 4/4

A bright, punchy melody that stays in a single-octave range and introduces the I–IV–V chord pattern.

More pieces being added — Für Elise, Ode to Joy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the Christmas cluster are next.

About these pages

Each page shows the melody note-by-note using letter names (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) instead of staff notation. You do not need to read music to use these pages. Left-hand parts are given as chord letters — C, F, G7 — which you can play as simple block chords or broken arpeggios.

Only public-domain compositions are included. The melody, notes, and chord progressions on these pages can be shared, printed, and performed without any licensing requirement.