Update 4-17-18
- Avid Scorch–purchase, practice, and perform music on iPads; small fee (app)
- Beat Lab
- Chrome Music Lab
- Easy Beats–free version of our drum sequencer built from the ground up to be the quickest and easiest way to create great sounding 4 bar beats.(app)
- GarageBand–turns your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio (app)
Jake the Philharmonic Dog- Math Science Music
- Music Games
- Pro Metronome (app)
- Sing Sharp (app)
- SFKids–from the San Francisco Symphony
- SmartMusic–industry standard for elementary grades; PCs, Macs, iPads
- Soundtrap–create music on any digital device, collaborate, share (app)
- UJam (app)
Free music
Free sound effects
- Sound Bible–free sound bites
- Type “animal sounds” into the Google search bar and get a large variety
Listening to and Learning about Music
Make Music
Stream Music
- Google Play Music–collect your favorite songs and play them anywhere.
Writing Music
- Finale–for writing music, from free to fee (depending upon program); download
- Flat.io–write your music scores online
- Sibelius–music writing software
- SmartMusic–industry standard for elementary grades; PCs, Macs, iPads
- Soundation–write music online
Chromebook add-ons
- Twisted Wave–record, edit, and share as an MP3 or other options
- VexTab Music Notation–lets you write music in Google Docs
