New song: Sweet And Low

September 1, 2019 New song: Sweet And Low. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the poem Sweet And Low. It was set to music by Joseph Barnby. This lullaby has been covered by many artists including Bette Midler. This song is rated Easy in Play Along Keys. You can play gamer style with the falling notes or use actual music notation in the Novice and Pro leagues.

New song today: All Through The Night

August 31, 2019 New song today: All Through The Night is a Welshsong sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones‘ Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). The melody is also used in the hymn “Go My Children With My Blessing.” All Through The Night has been performed by many artists on Christmas albums, including Olivia Newton-John and Michael McDonald, who sang it as a duet on Newton-John’s 2007 album Christmas Wish.

New song: Happy Birthday To You

August 29, 2019 After many years and much court action, Happy Birthday To You was ruled to be in the public domain only in recent years. And that is why they might now sing the actual Happy Birthday To You at your local restaurant. Here it is on Play Along Keys as well.

Your song in Play Along Keys?

Are you an artist, indie or otherwise, with a song that you think your fans would enjoy in Play Along Keys? If your song is selected, there is no cost to you and you can display information about yourself or your schedule connected to your song. Play Along Keys has done this for the Jake Taylor Band, Sally DeFord Music and others.


Send an email to bruce@playalongkeys.com with a link to your song if possible. You’ll receive further information,

New song, Finlandia, with four ways to play!

Here’s an idea we’ve never seen in a music game before. A lot of people like four-part harmony, from hymns to barbershop quartets. So in our latest song, Finlandia (Jean Sibelius), you can choose which of the four parts to “play along” with! For those new to this, it could be your first chance to feel what it is like to participate in music performance doing some part other than the melody.

In four-part harmony, particularly with male and female singers, the parts are often called Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB). We follow this convention in offering the four “play along” parts. Please try them and have fun!

New song today: Shepherd Lead

July 20, 2019 We have a new spiritual song today, Shepherd Lead.

We at Play Along Keys would like to include spiritual songs that are important to you from every faith and denomination. The good news is that many of these songs are in “public domain” or “creative commons”, including anything written or published before 1923. That means that Play Along Keys has the rights to include these songs, including music notation. So write to bruce@playalongkeys.com or use the “Song Request” feature in “More” in the game. We may likely include it soon!