I think here of the older woman with her vibrato-laden aria, or the bouncing frogs with their brain-pounding bouncy sound effects. I haven’t even mentioned yet that some of the instrumentation itself can quickly become painfully grating. As you might guess, there’s no way to assemble the band that won’t yield a reasonable, melodic tune. In the back row, though, he lets loose with a much more uptempo rhythm with oodles of fills and cymbal crashes.īut while the drummer is the heart of any band, you (or your kids) will likely want to add some instrumentation, too. In the middle row of the stage, he jazzes things up a bit. ![]() Drag the chef/drumkit hybrid to the front row, for example, and he’ll tap out a simple, low-key beat. The further back you place a character, the more boisterously he, she, or it will play its instrument. And there are four singers: a girl, an older woman, a whistling older gent, and a strange rapping, beatboxing, cap-wearing young man consisting of a head, arms, and legs- but no torso. Others are creatures who are themselves instruments who thus instead play themselves. Some of the characters are musicians playing instruments. You can drag any of those comical critters into any position on the stage. ![]() Across the bottom of the screen is a scrolling row of 16 animated characters. When the app starts, you see a nearly empty stage, atop which sit eight performing platforms. As is characteristic of Toca Boca, Toca Band features bright, colorful, well-drawn visuals. Let’s start by explaining what the app really is. ![]() And the band plays on: You drag the instruments into place, and Toca Band makes the music.
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