Each key plays a different sound. The bigger the key, the longer the sound. Try playing different keys together to layer up the sounds in a way you like Tap each key to start the sound. Tap it again to stop the sound.
Each key plays a different sound. The bigger the key, the longer the sound. Try playing different keys together to layer up the sounds in a way you like Tap each key to start the sound. Tap it again to stop the sound.
Test your memory by matching the instrument picture with its matching name. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instrument pictures and names are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Explore more: Instrument Memory GameInstrument BingoOrchMap
Test your memory with our matching instrument pairs. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instruments are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Explore more: Instrument Memory Game (Advanced)Instrument BingoOrchMap
Want to try a music activity but not sure how to find what you need? Join Becky and Louis from Drake Music as they introduce the ‘Resources‘ section of the OrchLab website. Explore some of the music resources available and learn how to search for specific types of activities by watching this simple, easy to
iPads make fantastic digital musical instruments, and we use them a lot in OrchLab sessions thanks to their adaptability and accessibility. In this guide we’ll show you GarageBand, one of the music apps that we use. There is another guide available for ThumbJam, another music app which you can explore. GarageBand is an app already
iPads make fantastic digital musical instruments, and we use them a lot in OrchLab sessions thanks to their adaptability and accessibility. In this guide we’ll show you ThumbJam, one of the music apps that we use. There is another guide available for Garageband which you can explore. ThumbJam is available to download from the Apple
As part of OrchLab Festival Day 2020, we screened a performance of a new arrangement of ‘Promenade’ from Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Mussorgsky (1839–1881) was a prominent Russian composer who was very interested in creating music that had a uniquely ‘Russian’ sound. He had a friend called Viktor Hartmann who was an artist,
As part of OrchLab Festival Day 2020, we screened a performance of ‘Troika’ from Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Orchestral Suite. In this special arrangement by John Webb you will see musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform this well-known wintry piece. The piece is a musical depiction of a fast winter’s journey on a troika,