
The entire operation is touch based you touch a block to add sound, you touch it again to remove it. Song Maker is a really simple arrange screen setup which allows you to learn about and begin to create simple songs using some preset melodic and drum sounds. In this post, I will focus on three of the experiments: Song Maker, Kandinsky and Rhythm. Each one has applications in music, science and mathematics. In total, there are 13 “experiments” to teach and learn with. Chrome Music Lab is one of those apps, and boy does it deliver in the classroom! One of those things is creating quirky, innovative apps which just tick all of the right boxes. Google, for all of their all encompassing status, are great at many things. So crank up the volume and start playing at g.co/musiclab.After over 15 years in education and with music as his speciality, Andrew Keegan, shares his thoughts on Google Chrome Music Lab.Ī little while back, I stumbled upon a hidden gem of the Internet:

We hope these experiments inspire you – whether they give you a new perspective on music, make you more curious about math and science, or even make you think of new ways to teach or code.

We’re also providing open-source code so that others can build new experiments based on what we’ve started.Įxploring music can help spark curiosity in all kinds of ways. Just like today’s Clara Rockmore doodle, the experiments are all built with the Web Audio API, a freely-accessible, open web standard that lets developers create and manipulate sound right in the browser.

Chrome Music Lab is all built for the web, so you can start playing instantly, whether you’re on a tablet, phone, or laptop. You can play with sound, rhythm, melody, and more.

It’s called Chrome Music Lab, and you can check it out at g.co/musiclab. We built a set of experiments that let anyone explore how music works. This year, for Music in Our Schools Month, we wanted to help make learning about music a bit more accessible to everyone by using technology that’s open to everyone: the web.
