PIANO SYNTAX
A toolkit for becoming more musical — at the piano and away from it.
Piano Syntax is not a course. Not a game. It's a self-teaching companion for piano players who want to understand music — built around pop and jazz.
A chord lab. A reference. Quiz cards. Lessons from fundamentals through jazz harmony. Open it when you need it. No fixed path. No streak.
Beta testing is open and it's free. Get early access before the public launch.
Currently available on iPhone and iPad.
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Features
Everything You Need in One Place
Lead Sheets
Load a song, choose your voicing style, and play through with a built-in groove. Great for working through pop and jazz repertoire.
Chord Lab
Explore chords, voicings, and reharmonisation. Hear how each chord sits in context.
Rhythm Lab
53 patterns across styles. Straight and swing feel. Build your left hand vocabulary.
Practice Lab
Structured practice templates, bookmarks and focus areas to build skills
Lessons
From fundamentals through jazz harmony. Open it when you need it. No fixed path.
Background
I built a piano theory app for my students
The problem I kept running into was simple. A student would leave a lesson with a real understanding of something, a chord voicing, a rhythm pattern, a piece of theory, and then come back the following week having lost the thread. There was nothing I could point them to that was actually useful without being a full beginner course or a gamified learning app that had nothing to do with what we were working on together.
So I spent the last while building Piano Syntax. It is a music theory toolkit designed to work alongside lessons or on its own. Lead sheets with built-in chord voicings across pop and jazz repertoire, a chord lab, rhythm patterns, lessons from fundamentals through jazz harmony, and a reference section for quick lookups mid-lesson or mid-practice.
It is built for teachers who want a tool they can use in the room, students who want something structured to work with between lessons, and self-guided players who want to go deeper without committing to a full course.
Who is it For
Teachers
Use Piano Syntax as a teaching companion. Pull up chord voicings, lead sheets, and rhythm patterns mid-lesson. Everything is interactive and visual.
Students
Follow along with your lessons or explore on your own. No fixed path, no streak. Open it when you need it.
Self-taught Players
Already playing but want to understand what you are hearing? Piano Syntax gives you the tools to connect theory to the music you actually play.