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The Firefox OS Music app gives you a number of ways to listen to your music. Let's go though the basics.

The Firefox OS Music app gives you a number of ways to listen to your music. Let's go through the basics. __TOC__ {note}'''Note:''' To import music files, please see [[How to put music on your Firefox OS phone]].{/note} =Find something to listen to= When you first open the Music app [[Image: music]] you'll find a beautiful, visual arrangement of song and album cover art. From here, just tap on what you want to listen to and lean back in your Lazy Boy.<!-- Localizers, you can substitue "a comfortable chair" for "your Lazy Boy" if it makes more sense.--> :[[Image:Music start screen]] ==Browse by album, artist, song and more== At the bottom of the Music app screen you have controls that let you browse though your music in different ways: *[[Image:Allmusic]] Go to the start screen where your music is displayed visually. *[[Image:Playlist]] The Playlist menu lets you shuffle all your music, play the highest rated, recently added, most played and least played songs. *[[Image:Artismusic]] This screen lets you browse by artist. *[[Image:Albummusic]] Here you'll find music grouped by album. *[[Image:Allsongs]] Looking for a particular song? Here you can browse by title. {note}'''Tip:''' The Music app arranges songs and displays cover art by reading the "tags" on the music files themselves. If your files seem to be missing some of this information, you can use a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_editor tag editor] to fix them.{/note} ==Search through your music== Know exactly what you want? Find it quickly. [[Template:FxOS1.1]] #Pull down on any screen in the Music app to reveal the search bar.<br><br>[[Image:Search music]] #Begin to type the name of artist, song or album and the app will display a list of matches. #Then just tap on the one you want. =Audio controls= Once you're playing some music, you'll find the normal back, play/pause and forward buttons at the bottom of the screen. :[[Image:Audio controls]] If you tap on the artwork, you'll also bring up controls for repeating the song or album, ratings and shuffle. *Tap stars 1 - 5 to rate a song. *:[[Image:Rate a song]] *Tap the replay button once to repeat an album. *:[[Image:Repeat album]] *Tap the replay button twice to repeat a song. Tap it a third time to cancel. *:[[Image:Repeat song]] *Tap the shuffle button to randomize the order of the current album or playlist. *:[[Image:Shuffle]] Of course you can continue to browse though the app while you're playing something. To return to the currently playing song and the audio controls, just tap the play button in the upper-right corner of the screen: :[[Image:Currently playing]] [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/13vT3LI]]