The catalogue

Every song

128 melodies across 14 packs, every one a public-domain composition. First Taps is free and complete; every paid pack plays one melody free, so nothing is bought unheard.

128melodies

14packs

32instruments

23free to play

Taps is how many times you tap to play the whole song — a rough measure of length. This page is generated from the app's own catalogue, so it cannot drift from what ships.

First Taps Free 10 songs

Nursery favourites, to learn the feel

Song	Instrument	Taps
Frère Jacques	Tubular Bells	64
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star	Music Box	84
Mary Had a Little Lamb	Marimba	78
Row, Row, Row Your Boat	Glockenspiel	54
Old MacDonald Had a Farm	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	75
London Bridge Is Falling Down	Xylophone	72
Hot Cross Buns	Xylophone	51
This Old Man	Marimba	58
Skip to My Lou	Banjo	56
Rain, Rain, Go Away	Glockenspiel	69

Classical Gold Paid 10 songs

Mozart, Beethoven, Pachelbel and Joplin under your fingertips

Song	Instrument	Taps
Ode to Joy	Acoustic Grand Piano	60
Für Elise free	Acoustic Grand Piano	69
Canon in D	Cello	48
The Entertainer	Acoustic Grand Piano	70
Eine kleine Nachtmusik	String Ensemble 1	62
Moonlight Sonata	Acoustic Grand Piano	72
Minuet in G	Acoustic Grand Piano	70
In the Hall of the Mountain King	Pizzicato Strings	52
The Blue Danube	String Ensemble 1	54
Swan Lake	Orchestral Harp	48

Folk & Campfire Paid 10 songs

Old-world ballads and open-road tunes

Song	Instrument	Taps
Greensleeves free	Orchestral Harp	67
Amazing Grace	Harmonica	50
Scarborough Fair	Ocarina	70
Auld Lang Syne	Accordion	56
Oh! Susanna	Banjo	58
Oh My Darling, Clementine	Accordion	50
Camptown Races	Banjo	62
Home on the Range	Harmonica	48
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	48
Danny Boy	Orchestral Harp	47

Holiday Magic Paid 10 songs

Bells, celeste and snow for the season

Song	Instrument	Taps
Jingle Bells free	Celesta	70
Silent Night	Celesta	46
Deck the Halls	Tubular Bells	62
We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Tubular Bells	56
O Christmas Tree	Church Organ	60
Joy to the World	Tubular Bells	64
The First Noel	Celesta	58
Away in a Manger	Orchestral Harp	50
O Come, All Ye Faithful	Church Organ	52
Good King Wenceslas	Tubular Bells	80

Nursery Rhymes Paid 10 songs

Playground songs, one tap at a time

Song	Instrument	Taps
The Itsy Bitsy Spider free	Kalimba	88
Three Blind Mice	Piccolo	70
Pop Goes the Weasel	Steel Drums	52
The Muffin Man	Marimba	54
Hickory Dickory Dock	Glockenspiel	52
Ring a Ring o’ Roses	Xylophone	66
The Farmer in the Dell	Marimba	78
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush	Xylophone	66
Polly Put the Kettle On	Glockenspiel	69
Humpty Dumpty	Steel Drums	56

Bedtime Paid 10 songs

Lullabies to wind the day down

Song	Instrument	Taps
Brahms’ Lullaby free	Vibraphone	52
Rock-a-bye Baby	Music Box	60
All Through the Night	Orchestral Harp	56
Hush, Little Baby	Recorder	62
Sleep, Baby, Sleep	Celesta	66
Schubert’s Lullaby	Vibraphone	46
All the Pretty Little Horses	Orchestral Harp	46
Now the Day Is Over	Celesta	48
Lavender’s Blue	Flute	56
The Ash Grove	Orchestral Harp	60

Chansons de France Paid 7 songs

Nursery songs and marching tunes from old France

Song	Instrument	Taps
Au clair de la lune free	Music Box	38
Alouette	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	64
Sur le pont d'Avignon	Accordion	54
Cadet Rousselle	Banjo	64
Le bon roi Dagobert	Church Organ	63
Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre	Trombone	40
La Marseillaise	Trumpet	101

Deutsche Volkslieder Paid 10 songs

Wanderers, moonlight and a small boy going out into the world

Song	Instrument	Taps
Muss i denn	Accordion	86
Die Lorelei	Orchestral Harp	65
Im Walde steht ein Tannenbaum	Flute	45
Der Mond ist aufgegangen	Celesta	42
Die Gedanken sind frei	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	49
Guter Mond, du gehst so stille	String Ensemble 1	78
Hänschen klein free	Music Box	49
Sah ein Knab ein Röslein stehn	Acoustic Grand Piano	49
Es wollt ein Vogel Hochzeit machen	Banjo	34
Ännchen von Tharau	Choir Aahs	60

Russian Folk Paid 10 songs

Balalaika dances, sleigh songs and a birch tree in a field

Song	Instrument	Taps
Kalinka	Accordion	73
Korobeiniki	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	37
Stenka Razin	String Ensemble 1	45
In the Field a Birch Tree Stood free	Recorder	34
Troika	Harmonica	59
On the Volga	Choir Aahs	34
A Cossack Lullaby	Celesta	32
Kamarinskaya	Banjo	80
Barinya	Xylophone	66
Lebedushka	Orchestral Harp	34

Ukrainian Folk Paid 9 songs

Hopaks, kozachoks and a lament from the steppe

Song	Instrument	Taps
Cossack's Lament	Orchestral Harp	41
Hopak free	Banjo	74
Arkan	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	70
Prialitza	Accordion	108
Bile Krylo	Recorder	82
Avstriys'ka	Harmonica	66
Hramofon	Marimba	80
Chabans'koho Kozachka	Flute	50
Poltavs'kiy	Violin	72

Canzoni d'Italia Paid 7 songs

Tarantellas and Verdi

Song	Instrument	Taps
Funiculì, Funiculà free	Accordion	49
Tarantella Napoletana	Banjo	75
La donna è mobile	Trumpet	46
Bella Ciao	Oboe	40
Caro nome	Celesta	56
Monferrina	Violin	43
Quadreglia Napoletana	Acoustic Guitar (steel)	31

Cancionero Español Paid 7 songs

Jotas and alboradas from Galicia

Song	Instrument	Taps
Aires de Pontevedra	Flute	49
Alborada	Flute	45
Jota da Maia	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	44
Jota de Desiderio	Harmonica	44
La Cucaracha free	Banjo	70
Más vale trocar	Recorder	49
Foliada de Campelo	Fiddle	63

Greek Dances Paid 10 songs

Syrtos, hasapiko and a kalamatianós in seven-eight

Song	Instrument	Taps
Apó tin Athína free	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	78
Ena Karavi apó ti Hio	Orchestral Harp	65
Kalamatianós	Fiddle	42
Hasápiko Grígoro	Acoustic Guitar (steel)	61
Zonarádikos	Flute	47
Tsámikos	Violin	73
Tin Kardiá m'tin Klidoméni	Dulcimer	62
Syrtos Kritikos	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	44
Lerikos	Clarinet	44
Psaropoúla	Accordion	60

Klezmer & Yiddish Paid 8 songs

Wedding dances, a sherele and a hope

Song	Instrument	Taps
Shnirele Perele free	Harmonica	65
Sherele	Violin	49
Hatikvah	String Ensemble 1	95
Der Shtiller Bulgar	Clarinet	52
Khosidl	Accordion	74
Odessa Bulgar	Dulcimer	42
Mazel Tov	Clarinet	49
Itzikel	Violin	50