Chrome Music Lab lets you experiment with music through play

A blue cartoon can be pushed or pulled to see its effects on the oscillation of the wave in its mouth, in this case a sine wave, as part of the experiments found at the Chrome Music Lab. —chromeexperiments.com/dpa

Forget piano lessons and sheet music: Google is making it fun and easy to learn the basics of music online with a series of hands-on experiments at the Chrome Music Lab.

Teachers, schoolchildren and even adults can learn something new at the lab – or at least have some fun while they’re there.