Free Browser Based Apps

No install, simple to learn and fun to use.

Free Browser Music Apps

No install, simple to learn and fun to use.

Welcome to our curated library of free, browser-based music applications. We regularly check and update these links to help ensure everything is working smoothly and remains accessible to educators and learners. We’ve done our best to ensure information is as accurate as possible however we welcome feedback and contact from users, teachers and makers of the apps to more accurately define any terms or information provided.

Music Tech Hub has had no involvement in the creation of these browser tools and provides this page as a resource bank that signposts to helpful musical tools on 3rd party websites. While we test and trust the apps listed here, Music Tech Hub is not responsible for the content, performance, or the security of external sites. Use at your own discretion.

All Browser Apps

Shared Piano (Chrome Music Lab)

A collaborative online piano that lets you play music in real time with others directly in your browser. Share the link with a collaborator, pupil or friend and work together on the same piano.

Try Shared Piano

Song Maker (Chrome Music Lab)

A colourful, intuitive sequencer that lets you create melodies and rhythms directly in your browser. Click to add notes, choose instrument sounds, and share your composition instantly with others.

Try Song Maker

Rhythm (Chrome Music Lab)

A playful, browser-based tool that helps learners explore beat, tempo, and layering through animated percussion instruments. Perfect for teaching concepts such as pulse, rhythm and time signatures at KS1 and KS2. Use it to support call-and-response activities, rhythmic dictation, or to introduce composition through rhythm-based layering.

Try Rhythm

Arpeggios (Chrome Music Lab)

An engaging visual tool that demonstrates how arpeggios sound across different scales and instruments. Ideal for introducing or reinforcing pitch, harmony and broken chords at KS2 and KS3. Use it to explore how chords can be deconstructed, support listening and analysis tasks, or to demonstrate tonality and instrumental timbre in an interactive way—instantly accessible in the browser.

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Kandinsky (Chrome Music Lab)

A creative, cross-curricular tool that turns drawings into sound—each shape and colour produces a unique musical response. Perfect for exploring graphic scores, sound–symbol relationships, timbre, pitch, and musical interpretation at KS1 and KS2. Use it to inspire composition through art and introduce unconventional notation. Draw different shapes at different heights to play different sounds and pitches.

Try Kandinsky

Voice Spinner (Chrome Music Lab)

A simple but powerful tool that lets learners record and manipulate their voice using playback speed and direction. Ideal for teaching sound manipulation, audio reversal, tempo and pitch at KS1 and KS2. Great for exploring electronic music techniques or sparking discussion around how sound can be transformed—all in a playful, accessible browser-based environment.

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Piano Roll (Chrome Music Lab)

A visual tool that maps music onto a scrolling grid, showing how notes relate to pitch and duration. Listen to a range of pieces composed on the piano roll and carry out some musical appraisal by focusing in on the top line melody, chords or bass notes. Excellent for discussing notation, pitch, rhythm, and MIDI sequencing concepts at KS2 and KS3. Use it to help introduce the concept of typical DAW-style composition—all within a clean, browser-based interface.

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Oscillators (Chrome Music Lab)

A fun and interactive way to explore how different waveforms shape sound, using quirky characters to represent sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth waves. Perfect for introducing children to the science of sound in KS2 as well as synthesis at KS3 and KS4, especially in music technology contexts. Click on a character, drag up and down to change the pitch and see how the pitch impacts the speed of the soundwave.

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Melody Maker (Chrome Music Lab)

An intuitive, grid-based tool for composing simple melodic loops, ideal for exploring pitch, tempo, melodic shape, intervals and chords at KS1 and KS2. Display pictures of different characters or scenes and ask children to compose short melodies that describe the image.

Try Melody Maker

Scan Sequencer (Chrome Experiments – by Jeongho Park)

An imaginative and highly inclusive browser-based tool that turns visual movement into music, using a webcam to scan from left to right and trigger sounds based on height. Especially well-suited for SEND learners, it allows users to control pitch and rhythm through simple gestures or drawings—encouraging accessible, movement-based composition, improvisation, and cause-and-effect understanding. A brilliant way to explore music through interaction, creativity, and play without the need for expensive and difficult to setup equipment.

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Sonikoo (Sonikoo Ltd)

An outstanding tool that allows pupils to practice playing and singing along to a huge catalogue of popular and classic songs from a range of genres. Pupils can control which parts they here in real time, using the mixer function, helping them to isolate in and focus on certain parts of sections of songs.

Try Sonikoo

Particle Equalizer (Chrome Experiments – by AVSeoul)

A mesmerising visualiser that responds to sound in real time, turning voice, claps, or musical input into swirling, particle-based animations. Ideal for SEND learners and creative exploration at all key stages, this tool offers a gentle way to experience cause and effect, sound–visual relationships, and expressive performance. It’s perfect for encouraging vocalisation or creating digital art through sound—accessible, calming, and deeply engaging.

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Freddie Meter (by YouTube & Google Creative Lab)

A fun vocal analysis tool that listens as you sing a Queen song and scores how closely your pitch and vocal style match Freddie Mercury’s. Great for engaging K2, KS3 and KS4 learners in vocal technique, pitch accuracy, expressive performance, and comparative listening. Use it to support fun singing activities around intonation, tone, and phrasing, or to explore the unique vocal qualities of iconic performers in a low-stakes, browser-based setting.

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BlokDust (by Luke Twyman and collaborators)

A beautifully designed, modular music-making environment where users create sound by connecting colourful building blocks. Ideal for teaching sound design, signal flow, synthesis, interactivity, and creative composition at KS3 and KS4. With its intuitive drag-and-drop interface, BlokDust is perfect for exploring cause and effect and experimental soundscapes, making it valuable learners looking to engage in open-ended musical play.

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Groove Pizza (by NYU’s MusEDLab)

A fun, shape-based drum sequencer that lets learners create rhythmic loops by arranging “slices” on a pizza-style grid. Ideal for exploring rhythm, pulse, beat division, genre typical drum patterns, and cross-curricular maths links. Use it to teach loop-based rhythm composition, layering, and polyrhythms. It has good cross curricular link opportunities to maths too!

Try Groove Pizza

Yume (by Unseen Music)

An immersive, ambient audiovisual experience where interaction with simple shapes and colours generates evolving soundscapes. Ideal for exploring listening skills, atmosphere, mood, and texture at KS2 through to KS4, and particularly powerful as a calming, exploratory tool. Use it to prompt discussion around music for wellbeing, soundscapes, and minimalism. Give learners some images of landscapes and ask them to create a short piece which they feel best represents that landscape.

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Viktor (by Nico Roig & collaborators)

An interactive, browser-based synthesizer offering users a hands-on experience with sound synthesis. Coming with a large range of pre-set sounds, it’s ideal for teaching about oscillators, filters, and modulation at KS3 and KS4, this tool allows students to explore the fundamentals of electronic sound design. Its intuitive interface encourages experimentation with sound creation and manipulation, making it a valuable resource for both music technology lessons and individual exploration.

Try Viktor NV-1 Synth

Adventure Machine (by 4th Floor Creative & Sony Music UK)

A vibrant, browser-based beat-making tool that lets users combine loops and samples to create their own custom tracks. Perfect for introducing loop-based composition, structure, layering, tempo, and texture at KS2 and KS3. With its simple interface and instantly engaging energetic sounds, Adventure Machine is ideal for inspiring many musical activities and discussions.

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Touch Pianist (by Batuhan Bozkurt)

A responsive, browser-based piano experience that lets users perform famous classical pieces by simply tapping any key or clicking—timing controls the expression, while pitch and harmony stay true to the original. Ideal for exploring timing and tempo at KS2 and KS3, this tool allows learners to engage with complex repertoire in an accessible, low-barrier format.

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Composer (by Daniel X. O’Neil)

A fun, drag-and-drop music composition tool that allows users to create melodies and rhythms up to 16 bars long on a stave-like grid, using graphic notation to represent each sound type. Ideal for introducing notation, note lengths, pitch, rhythm at KS2 and perhaps KS3. Composer provides an approachable way to explore the fundamentals of music in a visual and engaging format.

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Space Drum (by Dió Fehér)

A simple application based on the Hang Drum or Handpan instrument. Play it either with the keyboard or mouse.

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WebSID (by Igor Zinken)

A browser-based synthesizer inspired by the iconic sound chip of the Commodore 64, delivering 8-bit tones through a retro-styled interface. The instrument can be played with the computer keyboard or a MIDI keyboard and would be an ideal choice for any computer game music focused lessons and units of work.

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Granular (by Zya)

A fascinating browser-based tool for exploring granular synthesis, allowing users to manipulate audio samples by adjusting playback speed, grain size, pitch, and direction. Ideal for KS4 and post-16 learners studying sound design, texture, timbre, and electronic music production, Granular provides a hands-on way to demonstrate how audio can be deconstructed and reshaped in real time. Perfect for creative experimentation, compositional effects, or introducing advanced production concepts in a clear, visual format.

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Theme (by DinahMoe Labs)

An interactive browser-based mixing tool that lets users explore and control a track’s structure, texture, and dynamics in real time. Ideal for KS2, KS3 and KS4 learners, it allows manipulation of musical parameters such as mood, style, rhythm, chord progressions, intensity, echo, or even generating a new score—making it perfect for understanding how musical elements work together for varying results.

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Plink (by DinahMoe Labs)

A multiplayer browser-based music tool that lets users play notes in real time with others across the world (or with friends in their classroom), using a selection of instruments and a visually playful interface. Ideal for exploring pitch, melody, sections, improvisation, and live group collaboration and performing at KS2 and KS3. A brilliant tool for both structured activities and open-ended exploration. Click ‘go private’ to create a private live jamming session that allows groups of pupils in your class to collaborate.

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ToneCraft (by DinahMoe Labs)

A 3D, browser-based music sequencer that turns block-building into sound, combining elements of composition, spatial design, and creativity. Ideal for KS2 and KS3 learners exploring pitch, rhythm, melody, harmony, and structure, ToneCraft offers an engaging way to compose music visually—great for cross-curricular links with computing, art, and SEND-friendly creative play. No login or setup required.

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Learning Music (by Ableton)

An interactive, step-by-step website that teaches the fundamentals of music production through hands-on activities covering rhythm, melody, harmony, structure, and sound design. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and post-16 learners, this free tool introduces key concepts in composition, music technology, and electronic music using an intuitive grid-based sequencer. Perfect for whole-class teaching or independent exploration, Learning Music bridges the gap between traditional music theory and digital production—no DAW, login, or prior experience required.

Try Learning Music

Learning Synths (by Ableton)

A hands-on, browser-based introduction to synthesizers that walks learners through key concepts like oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs, and modulation using interactive visuals and sound. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and post-16 students studying music technology, sound design, and electronic music production, this resource makes complex ideas accessible through guided, exploratory learning. Perfect for use in the classroom or at home, it supports practical understanding of synthesis fundamentals—no prior knowledge or software required.

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Synth Playground (by Ableton)

A browser-based synthesizer that lets learners experiment freely with sound using real-time controls for waveforms, filters, envelopes, and effects. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and post-16 students exploring sound design, timbre, synthesis, and creative composition, the Synth Playground offers a safe space for trial-and-error learning. It’s perfect for reinforcing concepts from the main Learning Synths course or for standalone use in exploratory lessons, project work, or student-led discovery—no setup, login, or DAW required.

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Incredibox (by So Far So Good)

A vibrant, drag-and-drop music-making game where users create vocal-based loops by assigning sounds to animated characters. Ideal for teaching looping, structure, layering, texture, vocal timbre, and beatboxing at KS2 and KS3. Incredibox is perfect for creative composition, encouraging students to explore musical arrangement and part-writing in a fun, gamified environment. Its intuitive design also makes it an excellent resource, providing a low-barrier access to structured music-making.

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Novation Launchpad Intro (by Novation)

An interactive, browser-based version of the Novation Launchpad, showcasing live remix packs, ready to be explored. Perfect for introducing loop-based composition, triggering samples, structure, texture, and performance technology at KS2, KS3 and KS4. This tool gives learners hands-on experience with live electronic music performance techniques, encouraging creativity, timing, and exploration of remix culture—no hardware or software installation required.

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Sample Stitch (by Zach Evans)

A slick, browser-based music-making tool that lets users sequence pre-loaded audio sample chops in a visual, timeline-style grid. Ideal for teaching sampling, structure, timing, and creative sequencing at KS2 and KS3, Sample Stitch introduces learners to the concept of Hip Hop style sampling in a fun, low-barrier format. With provided examples of hip hop sample chops from infamous producers such as J Dilla and 9th Wonder, it’s a great starting point for discussions around looping and the building blocks of sampling composition.

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WebSynths Grooves (by WebSynths)

A browser-based groovebox and step sequencer that lets users build beats and musical patterns using a wide range of synthesised sounds. Ideal for teaching rhythm, layering, loop-based composition, sequencing, and synthesis at KS3 and KS4. With its clean interface and deep sound manipulation options, Grooves is perfect for exploring electronic music production, sound design, and creative experimentation.

Try WebSynths Grooves

WebSynths Microtonal (by WebSynths)

A browser-based, polyphonic synthesizer that offers extensive sound design capabilities, including microtonal tuning options. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 students exploring synthesis techniques, sound design, and alternative tuning systems. With features like multiple oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs, and effects such as delay, chorus, and reverb, learners can delve into a world of synth sound design. Accessible directly through modern web browsers without the need for additional software or logins, it serves as an excellent tool for both classrooms and individual exploration.

Try WebSynths Microtonal

Sound Canvas (by Google Creatability)

An accessible, browser-based music tool that turns drawings and gestures into evolving soundscapes, blending visual art with audio expression. Ideal for KS1, KS2, and SEND learners, Sound Canvas encourages exploration of graphic scores, gesture-based music, sound–image relationships, and cause and effect. It supports creative experimentation through mouse, touch, or webcam-based body tracking, offering multiple layers of accessibility.

Try Sound Canvas

Accessible Keyboard (by Google Creatability)

Designed with accessibility at its core this browser-based instrument that allows users to play melodies using their mouse or webcam for head and body tracking. Ideal for SEND learners and adaptable for KS1–KS3, this tool supports exploration of pitch, melody creation, performance, and cause and effect. The application also offers great versatility by offering a range of instrument sounds, some choice of scales and root note positioning. Combine the application with this range of chroma notes songs (found here) to play along with and you’ve got scope to offer a range of fun and impactful activities to your learners.

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Blob Opera (by Google Arts & Culture)

A fun, interactive vocal tool where users control four animated opera singers to explore pitch, harmony, and vocal blend. Ideal for KS1 to KS3, it introduces core concepts like melodic contour, intervals, and ensemble singing in a playful and intuitive way—perfect for creative tasks, starter activities, or exploring voice types.

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Play Xylo (by Dave Bennett)

A colourful, browser-based virtual xylophone that allows users to play melodies using a mouse, keyboard, or touchscreen. Ideal for KS1 and KS2 learners exploring pitch, melody, and rhythm. Its intuitive interface makes it especially useful for young children developing early musical understanding through exploratory play, made even more accessible through use of the chroma notes system. Great for reinforcing learning on tuned percussion and ideal for pairing with songs from this webpage to play along with.

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AbyssBox (by choptop84)

A modified version of BeepBox, AbyssBox is a browser-based sequencer for creating and sharing chiptune-style music. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 learners exploring melody, harmony, rhythm, and digital composition, it offers an intuitive grid interface with expanded sound options—perfect for introducing sequencing, loop-based structure, and creative music technology.

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Isle of Tune (by Jim Hall)

A unique browser-based music sequencer where users build miniature towns that generate music as cars drive past placed sounds like trees, houses, and streetlights. Ideal for KS2 and KS3 learners exploring musical sequencing, structure, repetition, pattern, and graphic composition, Isle of Tune blends creativity, logic, and musical thinking in a highly visual, game-like environment.

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WebSynthV2 (by Aikelab)

A browser-based synthesizer that allows users to create and shape sounds using real-time controls for oscillators, filters, envelopes, and effects. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 learners exploring synthesis, timbre, sound design, and electronic music production, WebSynthV2 provides a hands-on way to understand how different elements of a synthesizer affect sound. Perfect for use in lessons on music technology and creative composition.

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Cardboard Synth (by GSN-Lib)

A browser-based synthesizer designed to mimic the controls and layout of a physical modular synth in a simplified, visual format. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and post-16 learners exploring sound synthesis, signal flow, oscillators, filters, and envelope shaping, Cardboard Synth supports hands-on learning in music technology and electronic sound design. Its intuitive interface encourages experimentation and understanding of how synthesizers generate and manipulate sound.

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Acid Machine 2 (by Errozero)

A browser-based music production tool inspired by classic Roland hardware, featuring dual synth lines and a drum machine sequencer. Ideal for KS4 and post-16 learners exploring loop-based composition, subtractive synthesis, drum programming, and electronic music production techniques. Acid Machine 2 introduces students to concepts like pattern sequencing, tempo control, and real-time sound shaping, making it a powerful platform for hands-on learning in music technology and dance/electronic genres.

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Roland 50 Studio (by Roland)

An interactive online studio celebrating 50 years of Roland instruments, allowing users to explore and play with iconic drum machines, synths, and samplers in their browser. Ideal for KS3, KS4, and post-16 learners studying music technology, synthesis, rhythm, and electronic music history, this tool offers hands-on experience with emulations of legendary gear like the TR-808, TB-303, and JUNO-106. Perfect for exploring sound design, sequencing, and cultural context in electronic music.

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MIDI City (by Ben Pettit-DeVries)

A browser-based virtual keyboard that allows users to play a wide range of instrument sounds using their computer keyboard or a connected MIDI controller. Ideal for KS2 to KS4 learners exploring pitch, note input, keyboard layout, and MIDI functionality.

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Waveform (by Qvantor)

A browser-based polyphonic synthesizer offering users the ability to create and manipulate sounds through various oscillators, filters, envelopes, and effects. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 students exploring sound synthesis, waveform manipulation, and digital music production. Waveform provides an interactive platform to experiment with oscillator shapes, unison detuning, filter types, and envelope settings.

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Chromatone Elements (by Chromatone Center)

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Music Theory Cheat Sheet (by Muted.io)

A clean, interactive reference tool that visually explains essential music theory concepts including scales, chords, intervals, and key signatures. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 learners, it allows students to explore and hear musical relationships while supporting classroom learning and independent study. A great companion for composition, analysis, and revision—no login or setup required.

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Lil Beat Maker (by Muted.io)

A fun, browser-based drum pad that lets users create simple beats using clickable pads and preloaded samples. Ideal for KS2 and KS3 learners exploring rhythm, beat-making, layering, and pattern creation, it’s perfect for introducing the basics of loop-based composition in an accessible, low-barrier format. Great for classroom starters, creative tasks, or independent exploration.

Try Lil Beat Maker

Piano Chords (by Muted.io)

An interactive tool that visually displays and plays a wide range of piano chords, helping learners explore major, minor, diminished, and extended chord shapes.

Try Piano Chords

Intervals (by Muted.io)

A clear, interactive tool for exploring and hearing the differences between musical intervals. Ideal for learners studying pitch and interval recognition, helping to develop listening skills. A great resource for classroom demonstrations or independent study.

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Piano Notes (by Muted.io)

A simple, interactive piano that plays and shows pitches and their positions on the treble clef and bass clef.

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Solfege (by Muted.io)

A clean, browser-based tool for practising solfa syllables (do, re, mi, etc.) through interactive pitch buttons and visual keyboard feedback. Ideal for any learners exploring pitch relationships, scale degrees, and aural training. It’s perfect for introducing or reinforcing solfa singing in a clear, accessible way—great for classroom starters, ear training, or pupil-led practice.

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Virtual Drums (Musicca)

A simple tool for exploring rhythm, coordination, and percussion timbres. Great for performing rhythmic patterns, supporting pulse and rhythm work, or quick starters. Play either by clicking with the mouse or pressing keyboard keys.

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Online Drum Machine (Musicca)

Great for teaching note value and composing rhythms with a really simple interface. This tool also offers a large selection of composed beat templates so that learners can see and hear typical drum beats in genres including funk, hip hop, jazz and metal.

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ButtonBass

A very large collection of musical tools for exploring beats, loops, instruments and a broad range of contemporary genres. Ideal for KS2–KS4, it supports creative work on rhythm, structure, and layering. A large collection of fun and simple to use tools.

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Sounda-pa-looza (by PBS Kids – Cat in the Hat)

A fun, interactive sound exploration game where children experiment with pitch by creating their own combinations of sounds to play. Ideal for EYFS and KS1 learners, this engaging app supports the development of aural skills and helps build early understanding of pitch through creative play

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Nature Sights and Sounds (by PBS Kids)

A calm, interactive game where children create soundscapes by combining natural sounds from different environments. Ideal for EYFS and KS1, it supports exploration of texture (thick/thin layers), sound combinations, and building sections of music using environmental sounds

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Feel the Music (by PBS Kids)

An engaging game where children explore how music can express different feelings by choosing emotions and hearing how they sound. Perfect for EYFS and KS1, it supports understanding of mood, expression, dynamics, and tempo, helping young learners connect music to emotions in a simple, interactive way

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Bring the Noise – Play It! (by the BBC)

An interactive music tool where children can explore a range of different musical activities with clear and easy visuals. Ideal for EYFS and KS1, it supports learning rhythm, pitch, texture and structure helping pupils build confidence through playful activities, composition and performance. A great app that is bright, accessible and designed with young learners in mind.

Try Bring the Noise – Play It!