Play sounds with pygame without a GUI with the sounds being chosen by key presses.

pygamesound.py

import os

os.environ['SDL_VIDEODRIVER'] = 'dummy'
import pygame

import curses

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class curses_screen:
    def __enter__(self):
        self.stdscr = curses.initscr()
        curses.cbreak()
        curses.noecho()
        curses.curs_set(0)
        self.stdscr.keypad(1)
        return self.stdscr
    def __exit__(self,a,b,c):
        curses.nocbreak()
        self.stdscr.keypad(0)
        curses.echo()
        curses.endwin()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

pygame.init()
pygame.display.set_mode((1,1))
pygame.mixer.init()

noise = pygame.mixer.Sound("/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav")
snd_a = pygame.mixer.Sound("/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav")
snd_b = pygame.mixer.Sound("/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Rear_Center.wav")
snd_c = pygame.mixer.Sound("/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav")
snd_d = pygame.mixer.Sound("/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav")

noise.play()

with curses_screen() as stdscr:
    key = 'X'
    while key != ord('q'):
        key = stdscr.getch()

        if key == ord('a'):
            noise.play()
            stdscr.addstr(0,0, 'NOISE')
            stdscr.refresh()

        if key == curses.KEY_UP:
            snd_b.play()
            stdscr.addstr(0,0, 'UP   ')
            stdscr.refresh()

        if key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
            snd_a.play()
            stdscr.addstr(0,0, 'DOWN ')
            stdscr.refresh()

        if key == curses.KEY_LEFT:
            snd_c.play()
            stdscr.addstr(0,0, 'LEFT ')
            stdscr.refresh()

        if key == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
            snd_d.play()
            stdscr.addstr(0,0, 'RIGHT')
            stdscr.refresh()