MR Trickey

Making music less Tricky.

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Performance 🎀

Round the Circle

Record four a cappella parts in turn, then hear them mixed together.

Rhythm πŸ₯

Beat Builder

Build and match rhythms at crotchet, quaver or semiquaver resolution.

Vocabulary πŸ”

Vocab Detective

225 terms from KS3 to A Level. Crack the word from the clue.

Melody & Harmony 🎹

Harmonise Me

Place chords anywhere on the timeline and hear how they land against the tune.

Chords 🧱

Chord Builder Blocks

Construct requested chords on the keyboard, or freeplay in the sandbox.

Scales πŸͺœ

Scale Ladder Climb

Climb by playing each degree in order β€” major, minor, pentatonic and modes.

Music History πŸ•°οΈ

Time Travel Timeline

Three levels: order the six eras, then composers, then pieces β€” by era or across all history.

Genres 🎧

Genre Mash-Up Composer

Combine beats, basslines and leads to invent your own genre.

Instruments 🎻

Orchestra Seating Plan

Seat every instrument in its correct row, front to back, for four different ensemble types.

Note Reading 🎯

Note Trainer

Learn the notes of the keyboard, the guitar fretboard, and the treble/bass stave.

Synthesis 〰️

Wave Simulator

See and hear how waveforms, harmonics and layered voices build a synth's texture.

Production 🎚️

Effect Lab

20 real production effects β€” build a chain, tweak the parameters, hear what each one does.

Sound Tech πŸ”Œ

Signal Flow Builder

Order a real recording, guitar or DJ signal chain, with an explanation for every stage.

Sound Tech πŸ“‰

Sample Rate & Bit Depth Explorer

Watch and hear audio quality degrade live as digital resolution drops.

Creativity πŸ”

Loop Station

Record up to four loops that lock to the same length, then layer them together.

Creativity πŸ’¬

Call & Response

Listen to a rhythmic or melodic call, then improvise your own answer.

Ear Training πŸ‘‚

Interval Ear Trainer

Hear two notes and name the interval between them.

Ear Training 🎯

Cadence Spotter

Identify perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted cadences by ear β€” with a minor-key advanced level.

Ear Training πŸ—ΊοΈ

Form Detective

Listen to a short piece and work out whether it's binary, ternary, rondo or strophic.

Creativity ✍️

Lyric Lab

Write to a themed prompt and a backing loop, with syllable counts, a rhyme finder, and recording.

Creativity 🧩

Lyric Builder

100 fill-in-the-blank song templates β€” the rhymes are already built in.

Creativity πŸ’­

Line Starters

Finish the sentence from a huge pool of prompts, and build up a verse and chorus line by line.

Creativity 🎼

Melody Sketchpad

Tap notes on a scale-locked keyboard to build a melody, then play it back.

Creativity 🎹

Chord Progression Builder

Every chord already belongs to the key, each labelled with what mood it creates.

Musical Keys πŸ”‘

Key Signature Detective

Recognise every major key signature and its relative minor, or build one yourself.

Musical Keys 🎑

Circle of Fifths Navigator

Build the wheel yourself, quiz key relationships, or hear why neighbouring keys modulate smoothly.