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key: mechanic/voice-audio--family-11
type: mechanic
id: voice-audio--family-11
lang: en
title: Singing and musical performance
summary: >-
  The player performs music by matching pitch, duration and rhythm to a model or
  an assigned part.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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aliases: []
tags:
  - Voice and sound
  - Voice as physical action
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    title: One Hand Clapping
    url: 'https://baddreamgames.com/one-hand-clapping/'
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  - id: source-6fdde9fcfaa4c9d8
    title: 'Simply Sing: My Singing App'
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attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Singing and musical performance
    description: >-
      The player performs music by matching pitch, duration and rhythm to a
      model or an assigned part.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/sensor-simply-sing-0.webp
      width: 665
      height: 1440
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      game: 'Simply Sing: My Singing App'
      sourceUrl: >-
        https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simply-sing-my-singing-app/id1592900217?uo=4
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      credit: Simply Ltd
      rights: >-
        © Simply Ltd. Developer-distributed App Store screenshot. All rights
        reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'Simply Sing: notes and a voice trace during song performance'
      alt: 'Simply Sing: notes and a voice trace during song performance'
      markers:
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          label: The target note and performance trace provide feedback
    tips:
      - Show pitch and rhythm errors separately.
    examples:
      - title: 'Simply Sing: My Singing App'
        url: >-
          https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simply-sing-my-singing-app/id1592900217?uo=4
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
  Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked
  sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/voice-audio
---
# Singing and musical performance

id: voice-audio--family-11
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/voice-audio--family-11
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/voice-audio--family-11/

The player performs music by matching pitch, duration and rhythm to a model or an assigned part.

## At a glance

![Simply Sing: notes and a voice trace during song performance](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/sensor-simply-sing-0.webp)

[Simply Sing: My Singing App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simply-sing-my-singing-app/id1592900217?uo=4) · © Simply Ltd. Developer-distributed App Store screenshot. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The target note and performance trace provide feedback

- Show pitch and rhythm errors separately.

- [Simply Sing: My Singing App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simply-sing-my-singing-app/id1592900217?uo=4)

## How it works

Perform music with specified pitch and timing relationships.

## Variants

### Repetition

<a id="family-11-branch-1"></a>

- Sing notes or a melody from a model. <a id="family-11-branch-1-variant-1"></a>
- Match pitch, rhythm and phrase endings. <a id="family-11-branch-1-variant-2"></a>
- Continue a melody after the guide disappears. <a id="family-11-branch-1-variant-3"></a>
- Repeat a musical phrase in call-and-response form. <a id="family-11-branch-1-variant-4"></a>

### Joint performance

<a id="family-11-branch-2"></a>

- Sing in unison with a character or player. <a id="family-11-branch-2-variant-1"></a>
- Add a second voice and maintain harmony. <a id="family-11-branch-2-variant-2"></a>
- Enter a part at the right moment. <a id="family-11-branch-2-variant-3"></a>
- Divide melody, bass and rhythmic foundation among participants. <a id="family-11-branch-2-variant-4"></a>

### Creating music

<a id="family-11-branch-3"></a>

- Improvise within a musical rule. <a id="family-11-branch-3-variant-1"></a>
- Compose a motif suited to the task. <a id="family-11-branch-3-variant-2"></a>
- Build vocal loops and layer parts. <a id="family-11-branch-3-variant-3"></a>
- Change performance in response to the game world. <a id="family-11-branch-3-variant-4"></a>

## Context and limits

A working design-space map: 27 families, 81 branches and 324 variants. Voice control, audio-based play and communication can combine or exist separately. Released-game examples support particular techniques; supplementary combinations are design proposals.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.

- [One Hand Clapping](https://baddreamgames.com/one-hand-clapping/) (id: source-ab07b52c1329e133)
- [Simply Sing: My Singing App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simply-sing-my-singing-app/id1592900217?uo=4) (id: source-6fdde9fcfaa4c9d8)

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