🎛️ Make music online
Kids can make music online for free on Peabody, with no sign-up. The Beep Boop Studio is a chip-tune maker: tap squares to light up notes on four lanes, and hear your song. Beat Buddies is a beat maker that counts in fours. The Chord Finder plays any chord you pick.
- Beep Boop StudioMake your own beepy song on four lanes.
- Beat BuddiesA beat maker that counts the bar in fours.
- Chord FinderAny chord on piano, ukulele or guitar, drawn and played.
In the Beep Boop Studio
The Beep Boop Studio has four lanes, like an old game console: two beepy tunes, a bass and drums. Each bar has sixteen steps. Tap a square to light it, and that note plays on that step. Your song is saved on this device.
Why nothing sounds wrong
The Studio's notes stay on a five-note scale. It leaves out the notes that rub against each other, so any notes you pick sound good together. Lots of old folk songs use a five-note scale for the same reason.
Beats and bars
Music counts in bars. Most bars have four beats: one, two, three, four. Sixteen steps a bar means four steps for every beat. Beat Buddies counts the bar in fours, so you can hear where each beat lands.
Want chords under your tune? The Chord Finder draws any chord on a piano, a ukulele or a guitar, and plays it.
For grown-ups
There is no account and nothing to type. A child's songs are saved on this device only and are not shared or posted anywhere. Every sound is made in the browser, so nothing is downloaded.