Insert coin

Music Arcade

Little browser games for training your musical ear. Pick an instrument and press play.

Not sure where to start? Three questions and we'll pick three things for you ← williamtroymusic.com

I want to…

Difficulty Beginner Intermediate Advanced Professional

Guitar

Six strings — E A D G B E

Theory

Read it — play it
Rhythm

Rhythm Runner

Read the bar of rhythm, then the road opens into holes shaped like the notes. Hold to stay airborne for long notes, land on the rests — don't fall in or hit the ceiling. Beamed quavers, dotted notes and syncopation as the tempo climbs — keep running and you're reading rhythm at sight, no counting on fingers.

Play
3 4
Note values

Bar Packer

Pack a suitcase-shaped bar with the right note blocks so it fills exactly — no gaps, no overflow. A limited hand with a spare or two makes you work out which notes add up. Fill it and hear the rhythm play back. Meters vary from 4/4 to 6/8 and 7/8.

Play
?
Note values

The Missing Piece

A bar drawn as a jigsaw with one piece missing. Pick the note-value piece that fills the hole exactly — the surgical "what plus an eighth makes a beat?" drill. It snaps in and plays back. Meters and note values widen as you climb.

Play
Equivalence

Fix the Plank

A bar of note-planks with one cracked. Pull the broken plank out, then rebuild its length from smaller planks — the exact note isn't in your pile, so a half note becomes two crotchets. Fill the gap and the bar plays whole again.

Play
NAME THE NOTE ?
Reading

Note Reading

A note appears on the stave — name it before the clock runs down. Trains your reading across the lines and spaces, from the easy middle notes out to the ledger lines.

Play
Ear · scale

Scale Climb

Tap the scale's next note on the piano keyboard to climb a step — and stay ahead of the barrels rolling down. Which note comes next in the scale, under pressure.

Play
READ · DRAW · SHOOT
Reading · aim

Apple Shot

Read the apple's note on the stave, hold to draw the bow, and let go just as your aim crosses that note — William Tell for note reading.

Play
SPELL THE WORD C A F E
Reading · spelling

Hidden Words

Each note on the stave stands for a letter — read them in turn and type to spell the hidden word (BEEF, CAGE, FACE and friends).

Play
PICK THE FLOOR G F E
Reading

Note Elevator

Read the note, then press its floor to send the lift there. Quick-fire stave reading up and down the building, faster as you go.

Play

Hall of Fame

Top score on each game
Loading high scores…