Top 5 Ways to Learn Music with Chrome Music Lab tools

Music is something universal that soothes your mind and brings peace to your soul. I read this post on Instagram which said, “Music is an escape from all the problems in life” and I completely agree. And then several days later I’d seen some videos of small kids with such a great talent for singing, that made me land on YouTube, searching for the words “How to learn music”. I invited my friend as well, why not include a partner in your learning process, it’ll make it more fun. Finally, after going through so many websites and apps, I fell for this music learning method in Chrome using the Chrome Music Lab. I agree that listening to music is super easy but learning music can sometimes be quite difficult or expensive but using the Chrome Music Lab, made me realize it was wrong. So in this blog, I will walk you through the fun ways you can use Chrome Music Lab to learn music. There are several ways but I’ll cut it short and give you the top 5 ways. C’mon, let’s get started with a small intro on what exactly Chrome Music lab is!

What is Chrome Music Lab?

Chrome Music Lab is a platform developed by Google, that is free and web-based. It gives the users the ability to go through their process of learning and exploring music in a more fun way. It has a wide range of interactive features, giving the users the chance to experience musical concepts such as sound waves, chords, melody, rhythm, and many others— and guess what, you can use them even if you have zero knowledge about music or all those expensive musical instruments people have.

The Chrome Music Lab provides a unique and exciting experience, like:

• Kandinsky: If you’re into music as well as, you’re also a bit into arts, this feature is for you. In this feature, you can draw and then turn them into music, connecting sounds and visual arts.
• Song Maker: In this feature, you can become your own composer. You can start making your own rhythms and melodies using a grid system, which is super simple.
• Rhythm: Over here, you can study notes on how timing and rhythm work together by engaging with percussion instruments which are played by animated characters.
• Chords: You can get to feel that you’re using a piano with this feature by using a virtual piano to get to know more about major and minor chords.
• Spectrogram: Here, you can use this feature to turn your sound frequencies into visuals, helping you have a better understanding of the science music holds.

All these tools give the users a chance to easily understand music in a more scientific and artistic way, which has made it gain popularity among teachers, students, and whoever has an interest in learning or creating music. This lab sounds interesting, doesn’t it? I would suggest, if you want, why not go to their website: Chrome Music Lab

I did promise you of cutting short and giving you the top 5 ways to learn music, didn’t I? So, here are those 5 ways below:

Song Maker Tool

Song Maker is one of the most famous and adaptable tools used by thousands in Chrome Music Lab. It is such an exciting way to learn consisting of a super simple grid system, which allows you to drop notes and then ta-da, you get your own music created. You can even start playing with different instruments, change the tempo, and also keep adding beats.

Let me give you some reasons that make it really helpful:

• It is really spontaneous and easier to use, so that’s a plus point for beginners.
• By using the grid system, you can start visualizing how various notes may sound.
• Pitch and timing can also be learnt using Song Maker, basically it helps you to build a foundation for writing songs.

From my experience, I would like to say, you can begin by creating shorter loops and then playing different instruments like piano. Slowly, you can get into a bit more complex melody or rhythm. You can use this link to get a Demo on Using Song Maker

Rhythm Tool

I would say getting to understand rhythm is key to mastering music, for that you have Chrome Music Lab’s Rhythm Tool that will teach you using animated characters. These animated characters keep playing the percussion instruments at the same time as your input is being played, making it really fun. I personally feel it’ll also be an interactive and attractive way for kids to learn.

Let’s break down the factors that make Rhythm Tool effective:

• It teaches you in an easier way by breaking down rhythmic patterns that are hard into much simpler rhythms.
• You can also start playing with the time signatures at different positions and get to know how it impacts the overall song.
• If you want to study the differences a stronger and weaker beat has, then Rhythm Tool is the right tool for you.

Let me give you the way my friend who joined me used. So, she basically said you’ve to clap together with the animated characters to get an understanding of the working of rhythms in real-time.

Chords Tool

By this time, using the Rhythm and Song Maker tools, you’ll have a better vision of melody and rhythm, let’s get into harmony. The Chords Tool is created to help you get a better understanding of how chords progress and how they are the backbone of the majority of music.

Let’s dive into why the Chords Tool is a must to use:

• By giving you a virtual piano, it makes it much simpler to learn chords.
• You can understand the mood of the music by experimenting between major and minor chords.
• It is a beginner-friendly learning method about the structure of chords and harmony.

Spectrogram Tool

Sometimes, when you are in the highest cloud of boredom, it might make you think about how sound waves travel, well the Spectrogram tool gives you an answer for that. It allows you to visually see the sound waves and see how various levels of frequencies work together to form your music. It’s great for learning the scientific side of music.

Let’s see exactly why you should use Spectrogram:

• It makes you feel like, you’re watching a 3-D version of different sounds, helping you understand concepts such as pitch and timbre ( to give a small definition, timbre is like the quality of sound, for example: a violin and piano with the same frequency will still play different sounds because it has different timbres. I hope you got it).
• You can start comparing the sounds of different instruments and analyze how each of them produce specific sound waves.
• It’s also much like a physics section of music for students, from both the music field and students with curiosity.

I’ll suggest this method to make it more interesting, which I tried as well. When using Spectrogram tool, you can start recording your voice using a microphone, to see the difference when other instruments are played. Plus, it makes it more fun and allows you to indulge into the world of music.

Kandinsky Tool

Lastly, is our Kandinsky Tool, which gives you the chance to draw on a whiteboard and then these drawings are then changed into sounds and music. The fun fact is that, this tool was created after being inspired by a painter named Wassily Kandinsky, who was known by everyone for his unique ability to join and connect colors and shapes with emotions and music.

Kandinsky is considered to be unique, I completely agree to that as I’d never seen till I saw this tool that you can make sounds from drawings. Let’s look further into why it’s unique:

• Mainly, because it mixes both visual arts and music, producing a creative method to study the bond between sounds and shapes.
• You can learn by experimenting with various shapes and patterns to create different sounds and melodies.
• It’s really ideal for young users or whoever is interested in mixing art and music for fun.

In general, I would like to say learning music doesn’t always have to be hard or empty your pockets, it can be as simple as using Chrome Music Lab, which proves it true. With access to tools such as Song Maker, Kandinsky, Chords, Rhythm and Spectrogram, you can learn and produce music in an exploring, creative and engaging way. It doesn’t even matter, if you are a beginner or an individual looking for ways to increase your knowledge in music, these tools give you the chance to fulfill your goals. I would suggest you, go ahead, give it a try! Begin your experiment today and who knows, you’ll be composing your first hit song pretty soon!

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