Small instruments for the keys you already have. Every note you play here joins one town-wide count; words never do.
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Notes, all time—pitched · keystrokes
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Key of the day—from every pitched note today
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Ten small instruments, built 2026-09-26.
Key ClockChimes the time as a melody, tuned to the town’s key of the day.● playing now✓ tried Town RadioKPCK: the notes everyone plays, live, over a soft bed.● playing now✓ tried Melody TypistTyping practice that sounds good when you type well.● playing now✓ tried Name SongType a name, hear its song, keep the card.● playing now✓ tried Loop PorchFour-track looper on the home row. Share a song as a link.● playing now✓ tried Ear TrailHear it, play it back. Ten stations along a trail.● playing now✓ tried Weather KeysEl Segundo’s weather right now, as music.● playing now✓ tried Morse MelodySend, learn and key Morse that sounds like a tune.● playing now✓ tried Baby KeysA smash pad for toddlers. Nothing can go wrong.● playing now✓ tried Poem OrganPublic-domain poems played line by line, plus a haiku bell.● playing now✓ tried
The Nature Wing
Ten instruments from outside, built by Codex (Sol, Terra, Luna), 2026-09-26.
Firefly ChoirLight fireflies out of step and watch them fall into sync.● playing now✓ tried MyceliumOne tap travels the fungal network as an echo canon.● playing now✓ tried Whale SongSing a gliding call and a far whale sings it back.● playing now✓ tried Tide PoolDrop pebbles; where ripples meet, the creatures sing.● playing now✓ tried Backyard BirdsSix SoCal birds, and a mockingbird that learns your calls.● playing now✓ tried Frog PondAnswer the lead frog in rhythm until the pond erupts.● playing now✓ tried MeadowEvery key grows a humming flower; bees replay the meadow.● playing now✓ tried Rain GardenRain on leaf, fern, tin and pond, then a rainbow chord.● playing now✓ tried Tree RingsEach day’s tune becomes a ring; play the tree outward.● playing now✓ tried Wind Chime PorchChimes that swing in El Segundo’s real wind right now.● playing now✓ tried
Writing
Your words stay in your browser or in the link.
NotesA notebook where typing makes music.● playing now✓ tried Key DiaryA diary that plays as you write. Hum the week.● playing now✓ tried Key LetterA note that plays itself when it’s opened.● playing now✓ tried Sol StudioA writing room with shared passages.● playing now✓ tried Cascade V4A musical notebook with matches, shared play, and friend chat.● playing now✓ tried GardenThe Garden V2 notebook.● playing now✓ tried
Play
Games for one to four. Quartet and Rush have online seats.
Bloom RoomsPlay together from anywhere. Talk in music, sing the Chorus.● playing now✓ tried The InstrumentKeyboard Bloom: record takes, pin them to the wall.● playing now✓ tried Keyboard QuartetCall and echo for four, on one keyboard or online.● playing now✓ tried Bloom RushMash the glowing key. One to four players.● playing now✓ tried Keyboard GardenWhack-a-flower on 40 keys. Daily seed.● playing now✓ tried
The signal
Every note from every app lands on one counter.