The Sound Hierarchy

All of music, four levels deep. Atoms are single synthesized sounds — 78 instruments spanning Western orchestral and electronic families plus sitar, koto, oud, erhu, duduk, gamelan, kalimba, tabla, djembe, talking drum, singing bowl and more from around the world. Atoms combine into elements (the intervals, chords, scales and beat cells you hear most), elements into patterns (the progressions and grooves genres are built on), patterns into songs. Click anything to hear it.

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