Music & Creative Sound

Free web app from MUSE Lab where students create beats by placing dots on a circular "pizza" grid, connecting rhythm to geometry and world music styles. Good for exploring patterns, fractions, and…

Free interactive exercises, tools, and lessons for music theory, notation, and ear training, including virtual piano and guitar. Teachers can use it for practice on reading music, scales, chords, and…

Free browser-based music theory tools including a virtual piano, scale and chord finders, and a note trainer. A quick reference and practice space for students learning scales, chords, and key…

Free Google Arts & Culture experiment where students drag colorful blobs to create four-part opera harmonies. A playful way to introduce pitch, harmony, and vocal ranges.

Free browser-based music studio with virtual synthesizers, drum machines, and effects for producing original tracks. Good for older students exploring electronic music production and sound design.

Songwriting tool from Hooktheory that helps students sketch melodies and chord progressions with built-in theory guidance. A free tier is available, with paid features. Useful for teaching…

Music app where students build a beatbox track by dragging sounds onto animated characters. Teaches layering, rhythm, and arrangement through play. The web version has a free demo; full versions are…

Free, interactive introduction to making music in the browser, covering beats, melodies, chords, and basslines. Each lesson lets students play and experiment immediately, with no prior experience…

Free interactive lessons that teach how synthesizers work, from oscillators to filters and envelopes, using a playable synth in the browser. Links music with the science of sound for older students.

Nonprofit offering free music education resources for teachers, including lessons for classrooms with or without instruments, plus guitar, ukulele, keyboard, and bass materials. Supports modern…

Free collection of hands-on browser experiments from Google for exploring rhythm, melody, harmony, and the science of sound. No account needed. Teachers can use it to connect music with math…

Free, open-source music notation software for writing, arranging, and playing back scores, with a large library of free sheet music. Teachers can create custom arrangements, and students can learn…

Online collaborative music notation and composition tool for classrooms, with Google Classroom integration. Students can write, play back, and share scores, and teachers can assign and review music…