Music Archive

The archive of the Music laboratory stores more than 2,000 tunes from around the world, including classical music and folk songs.
The stored songs are so-called public domain songs whose copyright protection period has expired.
On the page of each song, you can view the lyrics and score, listen to the song, and watch the performance video.
Music Archive of the world The archive of the Music laboratory stores more than 2,000 tunes from around the world, including classical music and folk songs.
The stored songs are so-called public domain songs whose copyright protection period has expired.
On the page of each song, you can view the lyrics and score, listen to the song, and watch the performance video.
The score is a melody notation with chord progression, and you can specify the key.
The lyrics are displayed on the page in text form.
You can view PDF sheet music and lyrics for some songs.
You can listen to songs by specifying an instrument such as an acoustic guitar or music box, or a musical genre such as polka or samba.
For example, clicking the MP3 button in the healing harp row will play the song with the harp melody and accompaniment.
If you click the MP3 button in the samba music row, the song will be played in a samba style.
You might listen to songs with unusual arrangements, such as classic songs with samba style.
More than 100 different music styles can be specified for other music styles.
Some songs have vocals.
It is possible to download midi, MP3 and MP4 files.
You can freely use the downloaded songs as background music for videos and websites.
Songs are sorted alphabetically, by genre, by country, by region, and so on.
Classical songs are categorized by regions of the world.
Mother Goose section is a collection of English nursery rhymes.
Anthem section includes the national anthems of the world as well as state and city songs.
You can listen to lullabies from around the world.
The site has been built for over 20 years, and songs from all over the world are being added all the time.

Frequently Asked Questions
What inspired you to do this?
I collect folk songs from all over the world.
The purpose is to share the collected music with everyone.
How long did it take to make it?
More than 20 Years.
How long have you been doing things like this?
More than 20 Years.
How much did this cost to do?
Mostly, my time. Expence is not high.
Have you done other things like this?
I developet some auto- arrangement software that contains many folk songs.
Are there plans available to make this? Do you sell this?
It is published on the Internet.

Tetsuji Katsuda : Maker & Composer
The maker Tetsuji Katsuda
I make robots that play musical instruments.

I make original musical instruments including electrical and acoustic.

I play musical instruments that I made.

Connect with Tetsuji Katsuda
How I can help you:
People can refer to the sheet music when they need it.
People can download the songs and use them in their videos and internet sites.
How you can help me:
People can tell me about the musical characteristics and folk music of their country.