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Sound Workshop

Build your ear and sense of rhythm step by step: 8 stops, 30 exercises, 3 levels from easy to hard. Every exercise starts with short cards and sample sounds. Sounds are made in your browser, with nothing to download. Play with A S D F G H J K on a computer, or tap the screen on a phone.

Start hereHigh or low?Tell which of two sounds is higher, even as the gap between them shrinks.

Stop 1

Learn to Listen

Tell the pitch, loudness and colour of a sound by ear.

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Choose · 8 questionsHigh or low?Listen to two sounds: which is higher?Choose · 8 questionsLoud or soft?Which of the two sounds is louder?Choose · 8 questionsGrowing or fading?Where is the loudness going? Hear crescendo and decrescendo.Choose · 8 questionsWhich timbre?Recognise the colour of a sound.

Stop 2

Pulse and Rhythm

Find the pulse, compare tempos, group beats and tap rhythms back.

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Tap · 8 questionsCatch the pulseTap along with the metronome (Space bar or tap the screen).Choose · 8 questionsFast or slow?Which of the two pulses is faster?Choose · 8 questionsGroups of 2 or 3?Find how often the accent comes.Tap · 8 questionsRhythm echoListen to the rhythm, then tap it back.

Stop 3

Melody and Notes

Hear the shape of a melody, find notes on the keyboard, know the scale and intervals.

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Free playFree keyboardPress the keys, see and hear the notes.Choose · 8 questionsDoes the melody go up or down?Tell the shape of the melody.Choose · 8 questionsStep or leap?Are the two sounds neighbours or far apart?Play · 8 questionsDo-Re-Mi earFind the sound you heard on the keyboard.Play · 8 questionsMelody echoListen to a short melody and play it on the keyboard.Play · One roundScale ladderPlay the notes from Do to Do in order.Choose · 8 questionsInterval earName the distance between two notes.

Stop 4

Intro to Reading Notation

Read the staff, count durations and play short melodies from notation.

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Choose · 8 questionsStaff: name the noteFind the name of the note on the staff.Play · 8 questionsPlay the note on the keyboardFind the written note on the keyboard.Choose · 8 questionsNote valuesHow many beats does the note last?Choose · 8 questionsHow many beats?Count the total beats of the notes.Play · 8 questionsRead the notes and playRead a short melody from the staff and play it on the keyboard.

Stop 5

Chords and Accompaniment

Separate major from minor, then hear and play the basic chords.

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Choose · 8 questionsMajor or minor?Tell the mood of the chord.Choose · 8 questionsMajor or minor scale?Hear the colour of the scale.Choose · 8 questionsWhich chord?Recognise the Do, Fa or Sol chord.Play · 8 questionsPlay the chordPlay the notes of the chord on the keyboard.

Stop 6

Sing

Steady your breath and match the note you hear with your voice.

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Breathe · One roundBreathing exerciseGuided, calm breathing cycles.Sing · 5 questionsMatching pitchListen, then hum the same note into the microphone (your voice never leaves your device).

Stop 7

Sounds of the East

Hear a comma difference, then recognise three makam scales and uneven rhythm.

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Choose · 8 questionsComma differenceAre the two sounds the same or slightly different?Choose · 8 questionsWhich makam?Listen to the scale and recognise the makam (53-comma tuning).Choose · 8 questionsEven or uneven?Count the beat groups: 2+2+2+2 or 2+2+2+3?

Stop 8

Digital Music and AI

Build your first beat with kick, snare and hat.

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Build · One roundMake a beatBuild your own beat on the rhythm grid.

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