Update README with Nursery Rhymes, Ragtime, expanded Christmas, and note density toggle

- Add Nursery Rhymes genre (10 songs)
- Add Ragtime genre (8 Scott Joplin pieces)
- Expand Christmas from 10 to 20 songs
- Add Simple/Full note density toggle to features
- Update counts: 19 genres, 125 synth pieces, ~4900 lines

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## Features
- **17 Genres** across two modes: synth orchestra songs + drum beat patterns
- **97 synth pieces** with full synthesized orchestra background
- **19 Genres** across two modes: synth orchestra songs + drum beat patterns
- **125 synth pieces** with full synthesized orchestra background
- **120 drum patterns** across 8 genres
- **Note density toggle** — switch between Full and Simple (fewer notes for beginners)
- **Drums or Orchestra mode** — choose whether pad hits play drum sounds or the actual melody note
- **Speed control** — slow down to 50% for practice or speed up to 150%
- **Volume control** — adjustable master volume
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- Lavender's Blue (English Traditional, 1670s)
- Shortnin' Bread (Traditional, 1900s)
### Nursery Rhymes (10 songs)
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (English, 1731)
- London Bridge Is Falling Down (English, 1744)
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm (English, 1706)
- Row Row Row Your Boat (English, 1852)
- Three Blind Mice (English, 1609)
- Itsy Bitsy Spider (English, 1910s)
- Pop Goes the Weasel (English, 1850s)
- Hot Cross Buns (English, 1798)
- Jack and Jill (English, 1765)
- Humpty Dumpty (English, 1797)
### Singalong (20 songs)
- Drunken Sailor (Sea Shanty)
- Wellerman (NZ Sea Shanty, 1860s)
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- Scarborough Fair (English Medieval)
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Scottish, 1881)
### Christmas (10 songs)
### Christmas (20 songs)
- Jingle Bells (1857)
- Silent Night (1818)
- Deck the Halls (1862)
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- Away in a Manger (1885)
- 12 Days of Christmas (1780)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (1840)
- O Come All Ye Faithful (J.F. Wade, 1743)
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (English, 1500s)
- What Child Is This (English, 1865)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (French, 1862)
- O Holy Night (A. Adam, 1847)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (J. Marks, 1949)
- Frosty the Snowman (S. Nelson, 1950)
- Winter Wonderland (F. Bernard, 1934)
- Good King Wenceslas (Finnish, 1582)
- We Three Kings (J.H. Hopkins Jr., 1857)
### Folk (8 songs)
- Oh! Susanna (Stephen Foster, 1848)
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- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (American, 1908)
- She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain (American, 1890s)
### Ragtime (8 pieces)
- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin, 1902)
- Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin, 1899)
- The Easy Winners (Scott Joplin, 1901)
- Elite Syncopations (Scott Joplin, 1902)
- Solace (Scott Joplin, 1909)
- Peacherine Rag (Scott Joplin, 1901)
- The Cascades (Scott Joplin, 1904)
- Pineapple Rag (Scott Joplin, 1908)
### Classical (26 pieces)
- Beethoven's 5th (Opening)
- Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
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## Tech
- Pure vanilla JavaScript — no libraries, no build step, no server
- Single `index.html` file (~4500 lines)
- Single `index.html` file (~4900 lines)
- Web Audio API for all sound synthesis
- Canvas 2D for the note highway
- Gamepad API for drum kit input