The Sound Lab · free, no sign-up
Make something, for someone.
Build a short piece note by note, lay a sound bath underneath it, and hear why it works for the person in front of you.
Step one
Who are you playing for?
The same instruments are right or wrong depending on who is in the room. Pick a person and the studio changes with them.
Step two · Your piece
Playing for: everyone
There are no wrong notes
Every pitch belongs to one pentatonic scale, so nothing you tap can clash. An instrument that cannot be played wrong is what you hand someone who is afraid of failing.
Match them, then lead
Slow is not automatically calming. Someone who arrives agitated cannot join a slow tempo. Meet the tempo they arrive at, then bring it down.
The person changes the music
A chime-led piece can be close to inaudible to an older client. A near-silent one can unsettle someone who manages anxiety by staying busy.
The reasoning behind all three is in the reads below.
Tap anywhere on the rings to place a note. Each ring is a different sound, and going around the circle is time, so anything on the same spoke plays together.
Press the centre circle to play it back. Tap a lit segment again to take it away. Nothing you place can sound wrong.
Voice for the notes
Tempo
64 BPMLength
Play for
Sound bath underneath
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Save it to this browser, send it to someone, or take the audio with you.
This tool is two modules of eighteen
The Holistic Music Therapy Practitioner Course covers how sound physically moves through the body, and how to practise safely in aged care, disability and school settings.
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