Rhythm + Time
Beat is the steady pulse. Rhythm is when notes or sounds happen. Learn how tempo and BPM describe the speed of the beat, then use space and timing in your own music.
music education with modern instruments
Learn music by playing music.
itsalloud teaches foundational music by getting students playing first. Use keys, pads, buttons, knobs, touchscreens, and other modern tools to make music and understand how it works.
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Music comes first. Technology is the tool. The musical ideas transfer to other instruments, software, styles, and ways of making music.
how a music kit works
A Music Kit is a short music project.
You play, make something, and learn how the music works. Follow a short step on itsalloud, then use a ready-made music project in BandLab to play, experiment, and record. In BandLab, that project is called your Assignment. Every Music Kit also includes a sample pack made for the project. Play → Discover → Learn → Play Again.
what you will make + learn
Make music. Learn the foundations.
Every Music Kit ends with music the student made. The project gives the musical idea a real purpose instead of separating theory from playing.
Melody + Harmony
Play notes, hear pitch, build melodies, explore scales and chords, and hear how notes work together.
Composition
Turn musical ideas into patterns, sections, arrangements, recordings, and complete pieces of music.
Modern Ways to Play
Use keys, pads, buttons, knobs, touchscreens, computer keyboards, switches, and other interfaces. More ways to play give more learners a way into music.
The concepts go with you. What students learn can be used with other instruments, DAWs, styles, ensembles, and music-making environments.
the result
Learn the idea. Keep the music.
A Music Kit can end with a note pattern, rhythm, beat, melody, chord part, musical section, or complete track. Students save what they made and can keep building from it.
Play it → hear it → see it → name it → use it again.
featured beginner music kits
Choose one musical idea to start.
Start with an available Music Kit now, or explore an upcoming beginner lesson. See the full Music Kits page for every available and upcoming Kit.
Chop & Play a Sample
Chop a sample into playable pieces, play the chops over a ready-made beat, create a 4- or 8-bar sample pattern, and record your favorite version.
✓ Samples included in the Assignment
✓ Instructor Feedback included
Play Notes with Keys
Explore C major, choose a few notes, create a note pattern, and record it.
✓ Full sample pack included: drums + at least one instrument
✓ Instructor Feedback included
Play Notes on Time with a Beat
Follow the steady beat and choose when notes happen to create rhythm. Learn how tempo and BPM describe the speed of the beat.
✓ Full sample pack included: drums + at least one instrument
✓ Instructor Feedback included
students + families
A real instructor stays part of the learning.
Every submitted Music Kit Assignment includes Instructor Feedback. An instructor reviews what the student made and sends a short note within 48 hours with feedback, ideas, and something new to try.
Live 1:1 Instructor Sessions are optional when a student wants a conversation, more direction, or time to work together.
No previous music training is required. Different playing tools give students more ways to participate.
educators + organizations
Bring itsalloud into your program.
Music Kits can be used in schools, libraries, camps, after-school programs, homeschool groups, community organizations, youth programs, festivals, and other education settings.
The same hands-on lessons, modern instruments, original sounds, and finished-project structure can be adapted for groups.
work with itsalloudready to make music?
Start playing now.
Open Chop & Play a Sample and begin the free Music Kit right away, or browse all Music Kits first.