Shared Piano

Shared Piano is a browser instrument for making notes together in real time. Send a link, bring a few curious people, and let the keys become the conversation.

What is Shared Piano?

Shared Piano strips collaborative music-making down to a room link and a keyboard. Google Creative Lab built it as part of Chrome Music Lab for teaching and collaboration, but its charm is broader: it gives a remote lesson, family call, or low-pressure jam a common surface to play on. The simple piano layout keeps the first note close at hand, while sharing and saving options make it more than a solitary sound toy.

What you can do there

• Play notes in a browser
• Share a music room
• Save and share a song

Why we picked it

It makes the social part of music feel immediate. You do not need to coordinate a rehearsal just to see whether two people can make a cheerful mess together.

How to get the most from it

Open a room, share its link with collaborators, and begin with short patterns rather than trying to perform a recital. Use the visual keys to find notes, then build a small call-and-response with the people in the room.

Good to know

The official page describes live collaboration and saving or sharing songs. No isolated session was run for this profile, so current room limits, latency, instrument settings, audio controls, privacy, accessibility, and mobile behavior are unverified.

Who made it, and when?

The earliest supported launch date we found is June 2020.