BeatBlocks
September 2021 - April 2022
BeatBlocks is an inventive product that helps children comprehend and interface with complex musical composition elements like notes, rhythm, and layering. Through fully stackable and connected blocks, our solution teaches the nature and notation of music, making it easy for users to create musical sequences. BeatBlocks leverages 3 simple tools - rhythm blocks, pitch blocks, and tracks - to transform abstract ideas like tempo, tone, and musical measures - into easy-to-understand, tangible concepts. Additionally, BeatBlocks’ digital interface allows users to view their live compositions as traditional sheet music and participate in engaging, gamified musical exercises.
This is a project created in collaboration with Isaac Blinn (Electrical Engineer), Jun Park (Computer Science), Hannah Wang (Computer Science), Lindsey Yu (Computer Science), and Tessa Fang (Mechanical Engineer).
