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Beamz – An Interactive Tool for Making Music

Freemium! Beamz is an interactive app designed for users to create music using a variety of features and settings. To begin, after downloading the app, users must give permission for the app to use their Bluetooth and give consent to its user agreement. At this point, the app’s dashboard will load, and it provides users with the tools for creating ...

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The Pink Trombone: A Tool for the Music Classroom

Free! The Pink Trombone is a voice synthesizer tool that allows users to make sounds by positioning the tongue in different areas of the mouth. After launching the website, users can click on the tongue and drag it to hear how the tongue’s placement affects the sound that is produced. In addition, the synthesizer provides an overview of the nasals, ...

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Find Music By Lyrics: A Search Engine Dedicated to Songs

Free! Find Music by Lyrics is a search engine specifically for song lyrics. To begin, users simply need to launch the website and then type in a lyric, keyword(s), artist, or song title. The website will then report a list of songs that match, in part or whole, to those search terms. Users can then click on the songs listed ...

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Musicality – An Inventory of Musical Abilities

Free! Musicality is an inventory that analyzes users’ musical abilities, including those they have and those they want to develop. To begin, users must first launch the website and click the “Start” button to access the inventory. They are then asked for their name and if they play an instrument. Users then answer 18 questions regarding their musical abilities, specifically ...

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The Tone Deaf Test

Free! The Tone Deaf Test is a website that uses three question types to determine if an individual is tone deaf. To begin, users must launch the website and then click the “Test Sound” button to ensure their computer or device is playing the sound. Next, users must tap the “Start” button. They will then be asked if they play ...

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Tongo Music – for kids and families

$2.99! Tongo Music provides users intuitive, musical experiences. After launching the app, users first have to tap the main character in the center of the screen, and the app load a musical land. Users are able to scroll through the land by swiping sideways, and they can access different musical experiences by tapping on any background animal or plant that ...

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Virtual Drumming – Play Free Online Drum Sets

Free! Virtual Drumming is a website that allows users to play a full drum set. To play the drum set, users will first need to launch the website. At this point, users can play a drum by clicking on it with their mouse or tap the corresponding button on their keyboard to play it. Users can click the “Lined” button ...

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Music Timeline

Free! Music Timeline provides a timeline that spans the 1950s into the 2000s and shows the popularity of musical genres (e.g., Jazz, Rock, Indie, Folk, Country, Rap, R&B, etc.) to each other at different times. Users can then click on the timeline, and the website will zoom into that section of the timeline to show more detailed information about when ...

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BeginBand

Free! BeginBand provides information for novice musicians who are interested in joining a school band or orchestra. From its homepage, BeginBand provides an overview of the website. Users can then click the different options on the left side of the screen to navigate the website’s content. The “Why Join a Band” section offers reasons for users to join a band. ...

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Virtual Musical Instruments

Free! Virtual Musical Instruments is a website that allows users to play a variety of instruments. To begin, users must first launch the website and select the instrument to play, and their choices include a guitar, piano, pan flute, bongo drums, drums, and guitar tuner. Once an instrument is selected, the website loads it. Users can then play the instrument ...

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