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Songs corrected: - Amazing Grace: fixed C5→E5 errors in multiple positions, fixed missing G5 repeat, corrected phrase structure (was 31 notes, now correct 28) - Greensleeves: fixed G3→Ab3 (G#3) at position 17 in the descending phrase (B3,G#3 pattern should match the B3,G#3 at position 14-15) - Deck the Halls: fixed B4→Bb4 at position 1 (key is F major, all B's should be Bb except accidentals) - When the Saints Go Marching In: removed duplicate F4 at index 25 (standard has F4 whole note then E4, not F4-F4-E4) - Auld Lang Syne: removed extra G4 at position 9 that shifted all subsequent notes, fixed garbled second half of verse - Scarborough Fair: rewrote melody to correct register (standard melody reaches D5/E5, game was stuck below C5), now matches lead sheet Verified correct (no changes needed): Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Oh! Susanna Songs not in the PDF (need different reference): Red River Valley, Home on the Range, Yankee Doodle, Turkey in the Straw, Danny Boy, Bella Ciao, Clementine, Molly Malone, Whiskey in the Jar, First Noel, Hark the Herald, 12 Days of Christmas, Wellerman, Drunken Sailor, Skye Boat Song, Away in a Manger, Joy to the World Reference: music-for-music-teachers.com lead sheet images https://claude.ai/code/session_01ELEFwNKTnZvM39VK9wsYd4
Drum Rhythm Game
A browser-based drum rhythm game. Notes scroll down the screen and you hit the matching drum pad in time — like Rock Band, but it runs entirely in your browser with no server, no dependencies, no install. Just open index.html.
Works with keyboard, Wii Rock Band drums, Xbox/PS Rock Band drums, Guitar Hero drums, or any USB gamepad. Includes a Remap Pads button to configure any controller.
How to Play
- Open
index.htmlin Chrome or Edge - Pick a genre and song
- Adjust speed/volume sliders if desired
- Click Start
- Hit the pads when notes reach the line:
- F = Red (Tom)
- G = Yellow (Snare)
- H = Blue (Hi-hat)
- J = Green (Tom)
- Space = Kick (Bass drum)
- Escape = Pause
- Right-click any genre tab or song to hide it
Features
- 16 Genres across two modes: synth orchestra songs + drum beat patterns
- 91 synth pieces with full synthesized orchestra background (68 minutes)
- 120 drum patterns across 8 genres
- 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
- Pause/Resume — press Escape or the pause button mid-song
- Gamepad Remap — configure any USB drum kit with the Remap Pads button
- Hide genres/songs — right-click to hide, "Show All" to restore, saved across sessions
- Multiplayer — take turns, scores compared at the end
- Pad Toggles — turn pads on/off to adjust difficulty
- Preview — hear any song before playing
- Leaderboard — scores saved locally
- Settings persistence — speed, volume, gamepad mapping, hidden items all saved to localStorage
- Math-protected reset — Reset All Data requires solving a math problem to prevent accidents
Song List
Singalong (20 songs)
- Drunken Sailor (Sea Shanty)
- Wellerman (NZ Sea Shanty, 1860s)
- Molly Malone (Irish, 1880s)
- Whiskey in the Jar (Irish Traditional)
- The Parting Glass (Irish/Scots Traditional)
- Leave Her Johnny (Sea Shanty)
- Blow the Man Down (Sea Shanty)
- Randy Dandy Oh (Sea Shanty)
- South Australia (Sea Shanty)
- Roll the Old Chariot Along (Sea Shanty)
- Haul Away Joe (Sea Shanty)
- Spanish Ladies (Royal Navy, 1790s)
- The Skye Boat Song (Scottish, 1884 — Outlander)
- Bella Ciao (Italian Partisan Folk — Money Heist)
- Amazing Grace (1779)
- Auld Lang Syne (1788)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (Spiritual)
- Oh My Darling, Clementine (1884)
- Scarborough Fair (English Medieval)
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Scottish, 1881)
Christmas (10 songs)
- Jingle Bells (1857)
- Silent Night (1818)
- Deck the Halls (1862)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1500s)
- O Christmas Tree (1824)
- The First Noel (1823)
- Joy to the World (1719)
- Away in a Manger (1885)
- 12 Days of Christmas (1780)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (1840)
Folk (8 songs)
- Oh! Susanna (Stephen Foster, 1848)
- Greensleeves (English, 1580)
- Camptown Races (Stephen Foster, 1850)
- Red River Valley (American, 1870s)
- Home on the Range (American, 1870s)
- Yankee Doodle (American, 1770s)
- Turkey in the Straw (American, 1820s)
- Danny Boy (Irish, 1910s)
Spirituals (8 songs)
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1862)
- Go Down Moses (Traditional)
- Wade in the Water (Traditional)
- Kumbaya (Traditional)
- Michael Row the Boat Ashore (1860s)
- He's Got the Whole World (Traditional)
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Traditional)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)
World (8 songs)
- Hava Nagila (Jewish/Israeli, 1918)
- La Cucaracha (Mexican Traditional)
- Frere Jacques (French, 1780s)
- Cielito Lindo (Mexican, 1882)
- Waltzing Matilda (Australian, 1895)
- 'O Sole Mio (Italian, 1898)
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (American, 1908)
- She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain (American, 1890s)
Classical (26 pieces)
- Beethoven's 5th (Opening)
- Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
- O Fortuna (Orff)
- Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) — Apocalypse Now
- Mars, Bringer of War (Holst)
- Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (Bach)
- William Tell Overture — Gallop (Rossini) — The Lone Ranger
- Bolero (Ravel)
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (R. Strauss) — 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Barber of Seville Overture (Rossini) — Bugs Bunny
- The Blue Danube (J. Strauss II) — 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Sabre Dance (Khachaturian)
- Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) — Fantasia
- Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) — Fantasia
- Swan Lake Theme (Tchaikovsky)
- Morning Mood (Grieg)
- Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky)
- 1812 Overture Finale (Tchaikovsky)
- Habanera from Carmen (Bizet)
- Spring from Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
- Fur Elise (Beethoven)
- Canon in D (Pachelbel)
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms)
- Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
- William Tell Overture — Storm (Rossini)
Video Games (5 pieces)
- Korobeiniki / Tetris Theme (Russian Folk, 1861)
- Turkish March (Mozart)
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt)
- Can-Can (Offenbach)
- Kalinka (Russian Folk, 1860)
Chiptune Originals (6 pieces, composed by Claude.ai)
- Pixel Quest (Platformer)
- Starfield (Space Shooter)
- Dragon's Keep (RPG Overworld)
- Turbo Dash (Racing)
- Dungeon Crawl (Dark Adventure)
- Victory Fanfare (Boss Defeated)
Drum Patterns (120 patterns)
- Rock (15): Basic Rock, Classic Rock, Punk Rock, Arena Rock, and more
- Metal (15): Double Bass, Thrash, Doom Metal, Blast Beat, and more
- Jazz (15): Jazz Ride, Bebop, Bossa Nova, Fusion, and more
- Hip Hop (15): Boom Bap, Trap, Lo-Fi, Drill, and more
- Funk (15): Classic Funk, Ghost Notes, P-Funk, Afrobeat, and more
- Latin (15): Samba, Salsa, Reggaeton, Cumbia, and more
- Electronic (15): Four on the Floor, Breakbeat, DnB, Dubstep, and more
- Country (15): Two-Step, Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Gospel, and more
USB Drum Kit Compatibility
The Gamepad API works with any USB controller. Use the Remap Pads button to configure your kit.
| Kit | Connection |
|---|---|
| Wii Rock Band drums | USB dongle (default mapping) |
| Xbox 360 Rock Band drums | USB wired |
| PS3/PS4 Rock Band drums | USB |
| Guitar Hero drums | USB |
| Roland/Alesis/Donner | USB-MIDI adapter |
| Any USB gamepad | Remap to configure |
Data Storage
All data is saved to localStorage in your browser — nothing is lost when you close the page.
| Key | What's Stored | How to Clear |
|---|---|---|
drgame5 |
Leaderboard scores | Clear button on Leaderboard |
drgameSettings |
Speed + volume | Reset button in Settings |
drgameGpMap |
Gamepad button mapping | Reset All Data |
drgameHidden |
Hidden genre tabs | Right-click → Show All |
drgameHiddenSongs |
Hidden songs per genre | Show N hidden button |
Reset All Data clears everything but requires solving a math problem first.
Synthesizer
All sounds are generated in real-time using the Web Audio API — no audio files needed:
| Sound | Method |
|---|---|
| Kick | Sine oscillator, 180Hz to 40Hz sweep |
| Snare | Highpass noise burst + 180Hz tone |
| Hi-hat | Highpass noise burst, very short |
| Toms | Sine oscillator pitch sweep |
| Strings | Sawtooth + lowpass filter |
| Brass | Square + lowpass filter |
| Woodwind | Triangle oscillator |
| Bass | Sine oscillator, low frequency |
| Timpani | Sine frequency sweep |
| Choir | Multiple detuned sine oscillators |
| Chiptune | Square wave with pulse bass |
Tech
- Pure vanilla JavaScript — no libraries, no build step, no server
- Single
index.htmlfile (~3000 lines) - Web Audio API for all sound synthesis
- Canvas 2D for the note highway
- Gamepad API for drum kit input
- localStorage for all persistent data
- Works on Windows, Linux, and Mac
License
Languages
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