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Free piano samples

Free piano samples: single notes from grand and upright pianos for building an instrument, plus chords and loops, each with a preview and licence verdict.

Samples
36 samples
Sources
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Cleared for commercial use
21 cleared for commercial use
Direct downloads
36 with direct download
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Picked automatically from a live search of 41 sites and refreshed daily. Each sound belongs to its creator: check its licence on the source page before you release it.

One-shots, chords and loops

Piano samples come in three shapes. Single notes are the building blocks of a sampled instrument and are usually named by pitch, such as C4. Chords and stabs are ready to drop into a beat. Loops and phrases are complete musical ideas, often with a tempo and key.

University and orchestra libraries recorded every note of a concert grand at several dynamics and released them for free use. Those are ideal if you want to build your own instrument. For beats, a chord stab or a short loop gets you started faster.

Before you release

Note-by-note recordings from public institutions are often public domain or CC BY. Loops on community sites vary widely. The badge on each card tells you if it is cleared for a release and if you need to credit the recordist.

Questions

How do I turn single piano notes into a playable instrument?
Load each note into a sampler zone at its root note, and let the sampler stretch it across the keys in between. More notes per octave sound more natural. Some sources offer a whole multisampled piano, which comes ready to map.
Why do some piano samples have noise or room sound?
They were recorded with microphones in a real room, sometimes in a concert hall. That space is part of the character. University and orchestra collections are often very clean; home recordings can carry pedal noise and hiss.

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