The letter-notes library, reimagined

Play any song
with just letters.

No sheet music. No theory. Read the letters, press play, and hear the melody come alive — with every octave glowing in its own colour on a live keyboard.

38Ready-to-play pieces
5Colour-coded octaves
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5|--------edCded
4|edCdf---gfefa
5|Cdf---d-f-c-d-c
4|------b-a-b---b
Doré playing the piano
Try it live

Hear the notes, don't just read them.

This is a real, playable piece. Hit play — the keyboard lights up in octave colours and a warm reverb-piano carries the melody. Drag the speed slider to slow it down while you learn.

Play & explore

Everything on DoReDog, one tap away

Games, tools and rabbit holes — free, no sign-up, and every melody in them comes from the real library.

🎛️NewMusic Pad

A groovebox that reads the score — drums, bass and textures that follow any piece's own harmony.

🌊Flow Piano

The piano where wrong notes are impossible — any key plays the right note, the feeling is all yours.

🕹️Music games

Twenty arcade games built on real melodies — Melody Tiles, a five-note Wordle, a drum machine and more.

🕵️Melody detective

A few notes play. Find them on the keyboard — then find out what you were playing.

👂Ear training

Two notes, how far apart? The skill that turns letter notes into music, in five-minute sessions.

🎡Circle of fifths

The map of every key, in letter notes — with nine real chord progressions moving across it.

🎹Chord finder

Every chord on a piano: hear it, see the keys, read it in letters. Twelve roots, fifteen types.

Music quizzes

Audio quizzes built on the player — name the piece, the composer, the interval. Endless mode included.

💡Music facts

Curiosities from the catalogue — sourced, checked, and stranger than you'd expect.

📅On this day

What happened in music history on today's date — premieres, births, scandals.

🗺️Timeline

Six centuries of music history, walked era by era with pieces you can play from each.

🎼MIDI → letter notes

Drop in any MIDI file and get letter notes back. Your files never leave the browser.

🎩All composers

Every one of the 435 — from Bach's 359 pieces to the 242 composers we hold a single piece by.

📈Your progress

Pieces you've played, streaks and scores — kept in your browser, nothing uploaded.

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The deep archive

A library with real depth

Not a handful of hits — hundreds of complete works, every prelude, sonata movement and character piece rendered in playable letter notes. Browse by the composers you love.

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A cinematic way to learn

Every piece, its own little world

Tap any scene to open the piece and press play.

Meet your practice buddy

Say hello to Doré

Doré is the headphone-wearing pup behind DoReDog — perfect pitch, endless patience. He hears a melody once and plays it right back, by letters. Learning music, but make it feel like play.

Start playing with Doré Doré’s story
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    Why DoReDog

    Built for people who play by ear

    A real, live player

    Every piece plays right in your browser with a synthesized reverb-piano — no downloads, no plugins. Watch the playhead sweep and the keys glow as it goes.

    Colour-coded octaves

    Each octave has its own colour — pink, green, red, gold and blue — so your eye follows the melody effortlessly, on the page and on the keyboard.

    Free & instant

    No account, no paywall. Open a piece, press play, adjust the speed and start learning. It’s that simple — supported by unobtrusive ads.

    The letter system

    Lower case, UPPER case, dashes.

    Lowercase letters are the white keys. UPPERCASE letters are the sharps (black keys). Dashes are silence or held time. Stacked letters play together as a chord.

    Read the full guide
    c d e f g a b → white keys
    C D F G A → sharps (black)
    - - - - → timing / rests
    Octave 2 Octave 3 Octave 4 Octave 5 Octave 6

    Your next favourite melody is one press away.

    Dive into the full library and start playing today.

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