Make an introduction
Log in, open the gold Virtual Marimba 3D button and tell your teacher what to call you. New players meet Prof Rumble first.
Premium feature · Free access with limitationsVirtual
Virtual
Marimba 3D. 1.0
Meet your marimba teacher. Learn a song together, turn practice into play and make every performance feel like an achievement.
Free access with limitations. Log in to begin. Unlock more with Basic, or the full feature collection with Premium and Ultimate. Available in the desktop Studio.
A teacher beside your marimba
Watch. Listen. Have a go.
Virtual Marimba 3D brings an animated teacher into The Marimba Studio. Your teacher speaks to you, demonstrates notes on their marimba and guides you while you play yours. Choose a lesson, a musical game or a performance from their menu.
Find your rhythm
Follow a song one part at a time, copy a tune or tackle the Mountain Game. Listen to demonstrations and play using the keyboard or marimba bars.
Make progress your own
Your chosen teacher, preferred name and saved song results belong to your account. Return to practise again and improve your best score.
More ways to make music
A Music Book with someone to guide you.
Start small, listen closely and build towards a full song. Your teacher keeps you company through the learning process.
Teacher Music BookLearn the parts. Play the song.
Your teacher demonstrates each part, then invites you to play it back. When you are ready, play the full song with its backing track and receive a score.
- Choose a comfortable speed before your full-song attempt.
- The moving note guide stays in time, even when you make a mistake.
- Keep playing to the end, then choose a retry or review when available.
- Completed songs receive a green tick and display your highest score.
CopyCat · Free with an accountYour tune. Their turn.
Play a short tune and let your teacher copy it. Swap roles and try repeating the notes they play for you. A playful way to practise listening and musical memory.
Mountain Game · Basic and aboveTake your notes to the summit.
Climb up and down the marimba through Beginner, Easy, Medium and Hard. Higher difficulties add bomb notes to avoid and reduce the guidance, giving you more to master.
- Listen to the teacher and take your turn.
- Earn difficulty-specific badges and RP rewards.
- Each difficulty has a three-minute reward cooldown.
Marimba Performance · Premium & UltimateLet your teacher take the stage.
Build a playlist from your unlocked performance songs, or randomise the selection. Your teacher introduces each song, performs with the track and finishes the playlist with a bow.
- Unlock performance songs using Rumble Points.
- Hear audience applause between performances.
- Watch a complete playlist to earn the Front Row badge.
The teacher's song collection
Familiar melodies. Fresh challenges.
Begin with Mary Had a Little Lamb, then explore the wider Music Book with Premium or Ultimate. Songs are grouped by difficulty so you can choose your next challenge.
Mary Had a Little LambCleo The CatBaby SharkDexter's My NameHamba NathiIlizwe LenkosiBuya AfrikaIn The JungleCoffin DanceShotgun7 Nation ArmyGimme Hope Joanna
A little personality goes a long way
Find a teacher you connect with.
Visit the changing room to browse teacher presets. Preview their appearance, rotate the character and zoom in for a closer look. Each teacher introduces themselves so you can hear their voice.
Choose your teacher
Start with the original Prof Rumble. Browse other available teachers, RP unlocks and the teacher collection included with Premium and Ultimate.
Choose their voice
Preview the voice options and select the one you enjoy listening to. Your teacher uses your chosen voice as you explore the experience.
Make it personal
Use Settings to change what your teacher calls you, give the teacher a new name or change their voice without reopening the changing room.
Celebrate the small wins. And the big ones.
Collect badges. Chase that 100%.
Finish a full-song lesson to complete it at any score. Your best result only increases. A perfect performance brings a celebration with fireworks and a dancing teacher, plus a once-per-song Rumble Points reward.
50 RPMary Had a Little Lamb
100 RPEasy songs
500 RPMedium songs
1,000 RPHard songs
Perfect-score rewards are awarded once per song. Replaying lets you practise, but does not repeat that song's reward.
Mark your milestones
Earn badges for lessons, games, teacher changes, settings and a full performance. Even an exactly 0% song has its own Messing Around badge.
Open your collection
Visit Leaderboard → Badges → My earned badges. Expand a badge to see its artwork, description and the date you earned it.
See your progress
The Virtual Marimba 3D leaderboard displays completed-song counts and highest scores for participating public profiles.
Free access with limitations
Begin for free. Choose how far to explore.
Virtual Marimba 3D is a premium feature with a free starting experience. An account is required for every tier; subscription-only activities are clearly marked in the Studio.
Free account
- Enter Virtual Marimba 3D and meet your teacher.
- Learn Mary Had a Little Lamb.
- Play CopyCat.
- Use available free-tier teacher choices and settings.
- Save your preferences, lesson results and earned badges to your account.
Other teacher Music Book songs, the Mountain Game and performances are limited by your subscription tier. Some free-tier teachers require RP to unlock.
Basic
- Everything in the free starting experience.
- The Mountain Game: Beginner, Easy, Medium and Hard.
- Mountain Game badges and eligible RP rewards.
The full teacher Music Book, premium teacher collection and Marimba Performance require Premium or Ultimate.
Premium & Ultimate
- Everything in the free experience and Basic.
- All songs in the teacher Music Book.
- Access to the full available teacher collection.
- Marimba Performance and playlist creation.
Performance song unlocks use RP. This guide covers Virtual Marimba 3D; see Pricing for the other Studio benefits included in each plan.
View subscriptions →Virtual Marimba 3D FAQs
A few things before you play.
Is Virtual Marimba 3D free?
Yes, with limitations. Sign in to meet your teacher, play CopyCat and learn Mary Had a Little Lamb. Basic adds the Mountain Game. Premium and Ultimate include the full teacher Music Book, the available teacher collection and access to Marimba Performance.
Where do I open it?
Open the desktop Studio, log in and select the gold Virtual Marimba 3D 1.0 button beside Legacy Music Book. The Learn Mode and Legacy Music Book promotions also take you there.
Does this replace the Legacy Music Book?
No. The Legacy Music Book remains available. Virtual Marimba 3D has its own teacher-led Music Book, demonstrations, practice flow and full-song scores.
What happens if I play a wrong note?
Step-by-step practice helps you work on the part you are learning. During the final full-song attempt, the track and note guide continue to the end. Your teacher then announces your score and offers the available next steps. Your saved best score cannot decrease.
Can I slow the song down?
Yes. Before your full-song attempt, choose Change speed, listen to the preview and adjust the speed. Press Done to keep the selection, then Start when you are ready.
Are my teacher and results saved?
Yes. Your preferences, chosen teacher and completed-song scores are stored with your signed-in account. Logging out closes access to Virtual Marimba 3D until you sign in again.
Can I earn the same perfect-song reward again?
No. Each song's 100% reward is awarded once. You can still retry songs to practise, enjoy the music and improve your results.
Do performances cost Rumble Points?
Marimba Performance requires Premium or Ultimate. Performance songs are unlocked using RP; once unlocked, you can add them to your playlist again without buying the same unlock twice.
Make your next note count.
Open the desktop Studio and start with the free experience.