Xylo is a simple and distraction-free musical app that playssoundsfrom recordings of a real xylophone. It’s designed to be funandeasy to use for kids and adults alike—perfect for aneducationalenvironment. Launch the app and you’ll get the xylophoneboardquickly-no delays—so you can immediately start playing anytune youwant. The controls are what you would expect on adigitalxylophone. Tap the keys with your fingers on touchscreendevices,press the corresponding numbers on a keyboard, or justclick thecolorful keys with your mouse. You can even slide over theboard tohit consecutive keys, or use two or more controls at thesame time.The distinguishing feature of a xylophone’s sound is thesense ofprecision that comes from its lack of resonance. Xylo usessoundrecordings from a real xylophone to give you that samefeeling.There are many ways to make the xylophone fit your usecase. Bydefault, a beautiful set of rainbow colors are used. Inaddition,there’s a Boomwhacker version for those using thiscolorset. Aspecial Solfege mode is available, which replaces thepitch nameswith Solfege (Do, Re, Mi) to teach kids and studentseffectivereading and singing of music. The chromatic scale isalsoavailable, giving you access to all the flats and sharps.Don’tknow how or what to play? There is a community sectionthatcontains videos of how other Xylo users interact with the appforlearning, teaching, or just playing. You can find it inthenavigation menu. Dark mode follows your system theme, whichisperfect for playing lullabies at night. The layout and languageofthe app and xylophone board also adapts to that of your system.Nointernet access? No problem! This app works even whenyou’reoffline.

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