FingerPiano review

Clare Hopping

We review FingerPiano, a fun musical instrument for the iPhone

Published on Oct 12, 2009

There are a whole barrage of piano and music playing applications on the App Store, but FngerPiano is more than just some of the freestyle apps out there, because it teaches you how to play the piano.

You can choose from a massive list of different songs to play, from well-known songs, to some obscure ones, both for those right and left handed.

You’re instructed how to play the songs by green and blue markers that appear above the correct keys. Blue marks the naturals (white keys), while green signifies the sharps (black keys). Tap these in the order that they appear to produce music.

You can also play the songs in advance if you can’t remember what they sound like. To fast forward through the track to see how a certain part is played, tap the fast forward key in the top right hand corner. You can also rewind using the rewind key.

One small issue we had was more down to the iPhone’s hardware than the app itself. Because you need to hold the iPhone in two hands, your palm may obscure the speaker, resulting in sever changes in volume.

As a non-piano player, we found FingerPiano to wow friends with our musical abilities. An app that’s well worth £1.19.