Five friends stand on a stage. Tap one and it plays a note in its own voice — the bear booms, the cat miaows, the chick peeps, the kids sing la. The five notes are tuned so that any of them fit together, in any order, all at once: there is no wrong way to play.
Start a song and it becomes a concert. The band dances on the beat, the fifteen friends who are not on stage drift in to watch one by one, and whoever the song names gets the spotlight. The sky changes with the song — golden hour, starry night, a crescent moon, parade-day blue.
Whatever a child plays over a concert is kept automatically — no button to remember. Play it back afterwards and the band performs it again.
Turn on the loop and a real backing groove starts; every note the child places comes back around every two bars. Repetition is what makes it music. And in the free jam, pause for a moment — the band answers your melody back with a harmony on top.
The five friendsThey are the instrument. Left is low, right is high. Change the friends and the sound changes too.
Songs (one to four dots)One dot is the village song, two the twenty-friends song, three the lullaby, four the march. Which is which, you learn by pressing — that is the fun.
LoopA backing groove starts. Tap a friend and that note is placed and keeps coming back; tap it again when it comes around to erase it.
Empty the loopRemoves every placed note and keeps the groove. Only shown while the loop runs.
Hear it againThe band performs what your child played over the last concert. Only shown when there is something kept.
Change the bandPick five of the twenty friends. Tap a seat, then a friend — they introduce themselves in their own voice. Five of the same friend is allowed.
StopEnds the song or the loop and returns to the quiet stage.