Music Box
Tap anywhere to play a note. Higher up, higher notes. Every tap leaves a glowing pin, and the music box plays your tune round and round. Nothing you play can sound wrong.
A dark velvet panel inside a wooden music box. Tapping it plays a note and leaves a glowing pin. A soft light sweeps across from left to right, playing each pin as it passes.
Tap anywhere to begin
The tune
How it helps
Making sound, even very simple sound, is absorbing in a way that listening alone isn’t. And when nothing can go wrong, there’s nothing to judge.
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Tap a few notes
Anywhere you like. Don’t try to make a tune. Just see what happens.
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Listen round again
The music box plays your notes each time the light passes. Add one, or take one away by tapping its pin.
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Let it drift
Old notes fade after a while, so the tune slowly changes, like a thought that doesn’t need holding on to.
The notes here come from pentatonic scales, five-note scales used in folk music all over the world. Because they leave out the notes that clash, any combination sounds pleasant, which is why they’re often used in music for relaxation and for children’s instruments.
Research on music and stress suggests that slow, gentle music can help people feel calmer, and that taking part, rather than only listening, can be especially absorbing.