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In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Oboe is an accessible version of the

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A picture of the Touch Trombone on a black tablecloth

In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Trombone is an accessible version of the

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In our OrchLab workshops, participants make and perform music together using a range of instruments, including percussion, digital instruments, and their voices. The team at Drake Music have designed and created a set of touch instruments which make traditional orchestral instruments more accessible to OrchLab participants. The Touch Harp is an accessible version of the

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Screenshot of the OrchLab Soundmaker, Percussion. It has a purple background with blue graphics of different orchestral percussion instruments

OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion and Lines. Below you can find a video which introduces Percussion to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be as creative

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Screenshot of the OrchLab Soundmaker, Squares. This has alternating yellow and blue squares in a 3x3 grid with different note names on it.

OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion and Lines. Below you can find a video which introduces Squares to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be as creative

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Screenshot of the OrchLab Soundmaker, Circles. This has an orange background with 6 pink circles with different note names on it.

OrchLab Soundmakers are a set of web-browser based instruments that you can use on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. The instruments available are called Circles, Squares, Percussion and Lines. Below you can find a video which introduces Circles to you. Feel free to use this as a starting point and then be as creative

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Before you get started… Here are a few practical tips that the OrchLab team have found can make a big difference to participant engagement and enjoyment during our music-making sessions. It’s important to consider who is participating in the group, the ways they communicate, how they might use an instrument and how they process information. 

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