The Best Open Source Synthesia AlternativesTop Piano Trainers & Music Games like Synthesia

The best open source alternative to Synthesia is Piano From Above. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Synthesia and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Synthesia are Musicope, Linthesia, PianoBooster and Sightread.

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  1. Piano From Above icon

    Piano From Above

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    Piano From Above is a program that turns learning the piano into a videogame. You can open any MIDI file and simply play the notes as they fall.

    19 Piano From Above alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  2. Musicope icon

    Musicope

     11 likes

    An open-source online piano game similar to Synthesia .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Linthesia

     14 likes

    Linthesia is a game. A game of playing music! You only need a MIDI file to play, and a MIDI keyboard (or your PC keyboard). It's a fork of Synthesia, which only runs on Windows and OS X. Linthesia is for GNU/Linux.

    Cost / License

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  5. PianoBooster icon

    PianoBooster

     7 likes

    Piano Booster lets you practice and play the piano alongside a scrolling music stave. It's an open-source, cross-platform tool that works with MIDI keyboards as input. Play along and receive an accuracy reading to let you know how you're doing.

    29 PianoBooster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Sightread

     3 likes

    🎹 Learn to play piano

    Sightread is a free and open-source webapp for learning to play Piano.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Rosegarden icon

    Rosegarden

     58 likes

    Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.

    119 Rosegarden alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Global
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  9. Neothesia icon

    Neothesia

     8 likes

    Flashy Synthesia Like Software For Linux,Windows and MacOs - PolyMeilex/Neothesia

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Symphonium icon

    Symphonium

     5 likes

    A tool to help when learning to play the piano. The notes to play are falling towards the corresponding piano key. It requires a MIDI keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Piano Trainer icon

    Piano Trainer

     2 likes

    Piano Trainer is an app designed to help users learn basic piano scales and chords at their own pace using a MIDI or QWERTY keyboard. The app offers two modes: Quiz and Practice. In Quiz mode, users can test their knowledge of the circle of fifths and key recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    QMidiPlayer

     1 like

    A free cross-platform midi file player based on libfluidsynth and Qt.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Windows
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    Simplesynth

     1 like

    SimpleSynth is a small and fast synth, perfect for when you want to try out a musical idea quickly. It's got a complete general MIDI instrument set built in, and it can load Soundfonts and DLS files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Falling Notes icon

    Falling Notes

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    Piano practice trainer that plays MIDI files as falling notes. A single offline HTML file: hand colours with manual override, speed 25–150% without pitch change, bar/beat grid, piece library. Installs on iPad as a PWA and works fully offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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