MusicIsles

A peaceful musical canvas. Explore music through shapes and structure. Place colorful tiles, choose their notes, and connect them into melodies. MusicIsles turns small musical ideas into living gardens on the water. FOLLOW A MUSICAL IDEA Begin with a few notes that sound good together. Arrange a winding melody, build a circular pattern, or bring several instruments together. Move a tile, listen to the change, and undo it whenever you like. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Try different tile sizes and change the tempo. Listen as your pattern unfolds at a new pace. For more control, turn on all 12 notes and composer tools for rests, chords, loops and other musical changes. FOUR INSTRUMENTS, ONE CANVAS Compose with recorded piano, violin, cello and clarinet sounds. Choose notes and octaves, then hear the parts come together as tiles light up and plants come to life. STEP INSIDE A SONG Explore four songs: a spiral arrangement of Beethoven's Für Elise, Für Elise — Quiet Ensemble for piano, violin, cello and clarinet, a four-instrument adaptation of the Gassenhauer theme, and George N. Gianopoulos's complete 75-measure Impromptu, Op. 2a. The Impromptu's four parts unfold as a garden of spiral petals. Open a song as a starting point and make your own version. STAY A WHILE Follow the local time or choose morning, day, dusk or night. Watch the water, discover animals around your garden, spot a little floatplane by day, and see fireflies light the night. Adjust visual quality or enable Reduced motion for a calmer view. RETURN TO YOUR IDEAS Save named gardens on your device and return to them later. Loop a song while you enjoy the view, or send a postcard showing your garden's current time of day. Composing, playback and local saves work offline. No account is needed. Optional garden links require an internet connection; opening Share prepares an online snapshot when the sharing service is available.