Our OrchLab resources explore the music and instruments of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and wider OrchLab project, using this as inspiration for musical activities, information and games.
Explore the four categories to start your musical journey.
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!
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
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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
Posted in Games & Quizzes, Resources
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Beethoven is one of the best-known classical composers and his music has been played by orchestras all over the world for more than 200 years! He was famous in his lifetime, despite being often difficult, stubborn, and bad-tempered. He was completely deaf for the last 10 years of his life, but
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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
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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
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