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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

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarTraditional · 1761 · public domainBeginner
Key: C majorTime: 4/4

Six notes, three chords, and a play-along that waits for you: the classic first song, with real sheet music.

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: tap the melody along, then build your own arrangement.

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

A bright, punchy melody in a single-octave range: tap it along, then dress it up with the I–IV–V7 pattern.

Ready for more? Ode to Joy and Für Elise are written up in full, and the whole song library is public-domain pieces with notes, fingering and audio.

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.