However, as many teachers and students have discovered in the last two years of on-and-off virtual school, music lessons during the pandemic have unearthed some pleasant surprises. As a music educator, I’d hazard that few school music teachers would opt to teach their students remotely. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, or how to sing, teachers rely on learners’ physical cues to help them progress - cues that are often obscured either by watching someone on a screen or listening through a microphone. Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Personally, I’ve set up the Blob Opera to perform in a separate window and have been switching between the different songs to help get me in the Christmas spirit before I go and start wrapping presents that should have already been done.Blob Opera, developed by Google and AI artist David Li, lets students manipulate a soprano, alto, tenor and bass quartet of blobs. It may not be much, but it’s definitely an awesome way to have a little bit of fun to celebrate the holiday season. Or, you can switch to a different song by clicking the playlist button and selecting something different. However, there’s a Play / Stop button in the bottom left corner if you want to pause. If you do nothing, the Blob Opera will continue to perform the same song over and over again. Then, you can click the playlist button next to the Christmas tree toggle and select from one of the following songs: Santa hats will fall from the sky, landing on each of the blobs, and snow will begin to fall on your screen. All you need to do is head over to the website and then click the Christmas Tree icon in the bottom right corner.
Just in time for Christmas, Google has announced the return of the Blob Opera, as they can now perform a handful of Christmas songs. Visit to make your very own festive music, courtesy #BlobOpera 🎶 /jBSCXd3hhw
But you can also record songs yourself by dragging the different blobs up and down or back and forth. For the unaware, the Blob Opera is a set of four blobs that make use of machine learning to “sing” a variety of different songs. One of the weirdest and frankly most awesome bits during the Google I/O 2021 Keynote was the introduction of the Blob Opera.
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