{
  "id": 265366,
  "title": "10 essential tools for discovering, learning, and making music",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/10-essential-tools-for-discovering-learning-and-making-music",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-07T11:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91585459/10-essential-tools-for-discovering-learning-and-making-music"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "10 essential tools for discovering, learning, and making music are detailed in a recent article from Wonder Tools. Chris Dalla Riva, a music streaming service professional and author of Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves, shares his favorite resources for music enthusiasts.\n\nGenius offers crowdsourced lyrical annotations for understanding song lyrics, while WhoSampled allows users to explore musical connections through samples and covers. Every Noise at Once, maintained by Spotify's former data alchemist Glenn McDonald, organizes Spotify's vast catalog into genre-specific playlists with various listening options. Radiooooo and Radio Garden provide access to music from different time periods and locations worldwide.\n\nMusic education platforms like Yousician and Chordify cater to learners of various skill levels. Yousician offers comprehensive lessons for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, and voice, while Chordify focuses on chord progressions and syncing with recordings. Ultimate-Guitar boasts a vast guitar tablature catalog, with free tabs available and additional paid features. For artists seeking audio plug-ins, effects, and samples, Splice is the go-to destination, while Moises specializes in stem separation and lyric transcription.",
  "summary": "This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I love apps like Metronaut and Tomplay , which let me carry a collection of classical (sheet) music on my phone. They also provide piano or orchestral accompaniment for any violin piece I want to play. Today’s story shares 10 other recommended tools for music lovers…",
  "key_points": [
    "Genius provides lyrical annotations for song understanding",
    "Every Noise at Once organizes Spotify catalog into genre playlists",
    "Chordify focuses on chord progressions and syncing with recordings"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}