Send us a video of you performing a song on an instrument of your choice. We will give you feedback and enter your submission into our BTPS online music festival. The deadline for entry is June 19th. Please give the title of the piece and who it was composed by. Original music is also accepted. Good-luck!

Early video game music was generated by computer chip and sounded very synthesised. Think Super Mario Bros. There are even a number of composers who use the sampled sounds of computers to create original music – a style known as Chiptune music. Check out the free online tool Beepbox which is the perfect resource for you to use to create your own Super Mario-style theme.

Here are a few suggested parameters for the composition:

• Create a 4-bar loop

• Include an A and a B section

• Use at least 3 layers, one of which must be a drum pattern

• You can also limit the notes of the Beepbox grid to a specific scale

Beepbox allows you to do this simply and easily and the result is a super-cool very retro sounding game theme!

Check out this video and challenge your musical instrument knowledge. Can you correctly identify all of the instruments played?