A piano you can play, a rhythm you can clap, and a tiny composer that lets you make a tune of your own.
✨ Today's session
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Scene 1 · Notes
Seven notes, then they start again
All of music is made from just seven notes: C D E F G A B. After B, we go back to C — but a little bit higher. That's called an octave. Tap any white key to hear it.
White keys = the seven notes. Black keys = the in-between notes (sharps & flats).
Scene 2 · Rhythm
Rhythm is just music walking
A rhythm is a pattern of beats (clap!) and rests (shh). Pick a pattern below and press Play — clap along when the squares glow.
Scene 3 · Instruments
Four big families
Every instrument in an orchestra belongs to one of four families. Tap a family to see who's in it.
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Strings
Violin · Viola · Cello · Double Bass · Harp · Guitar. They all make sound from a vibrating string.
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Wind
Flute · Clarinet · Oboe · Bassoon · Saxophone. You blow air through them.
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Brass
Trumpet · Trombone · French Horn · Tuba. You buzz your lips into a metal mouthpiece.
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Percussion
Drums · Triangle · Xylophone · Cymbals · Tambourine. Anything you hit, shake, or scrape.
Scene 4 · Reading music
Where does this note live?
Music is written on five lines called a staff. The lines, from bottom to top, are E G B D F (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge). The spaces spell F A C E. What's this note?
Scene 5 · Compose
Make your own tune
Each row is a note. Each column is a beat. Tap squares to turn them on, then press Play. Eight beats, your tune.
Did you know?
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★ The big idea
Music is patterns you can hear
Notes are the colours, rhythm is the shape, and instruments are the brushes. Every song you've ever heard — from Twinkle Twinkle to Để Mị nói cho mà nghe — is just patterns of those same seven notes.
The more you listen, the more patterns you'll spot.