MUSIC GAMES
Instruments of the Orchestra Games
1. Name That Instrument Game: http://artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/games/popNameInstrument.html
2. Mozart Instrument Recognition Game:
http://kidsmozart.com/orchestra/orchestra2.htm
3. Instrument Listening Examples:
http://www.dsokids.com/listen/instrumentlist.aspx
4. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by B. Britten:
http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/index.aspx
5. Austin Symphony Orchestra Puts the parts to a song together.
http://www.austinsymphonykids.org/conduct.html
6. Seating Charts for Musical Time Periods
http://www.dsokids.com/visitthesymphony/seatingchart/default.aspx
7. Orchestra Matching Instrument Game
http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/music/artcritic/closerlook/index.html
8. Studio Mixing
http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/music/studio/index.html
9. Baseball with the Instruments from the different time periods.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/perfectpitch/
Music Symbols & Terms
1. Matching Game with Musical Symbols and Terms: http://www.dsokids.com/Games/Memory/default.aspx
2. Shark Attack Name that Note Game
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/flash/eekshark.htm
3. Whack a Note!
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/whackanote/
2. Shark Attack Name that Note Game
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/flash/eekshark.htm
3. Whack a Note!
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/whackanote/
Ear Training Games
1. Listening Examples & How Hearing Works: http://www.dsokids.com/listen/musictheorylist.aspx
2. Pitch Memory:
http://creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/3x3/
3. Pitch Comparing:
http://creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/ComparingGame/
4. Combining Memory of Rhythm & Pitch
http://www.creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/with-rhythm/
5. Examples of difference in going down, going up and mostly one pitch:
http://creatingmusic.com/wom/about/
6. For the olders students...
http://www.musictheory.net/exercises
Composer Corner
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography:
http://kidsmozart.com/mozart-bio.html
2. Composer Baseball Game:
http://www.dsokids.com/games/baseball/default.aspx
3. Help the composers return to their proper musical time period: http://www.dsokids.com/games/timemachine/default.aspx
4. Composer Listening Examples:
http://www.dsokids.com/listen/composerlist.aspx
5. For the K-2 Students working on reading while learning about composers.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/music/load.htm?f
You Be The Composer
1. Write your own music:
http://www.classicsforkids.com/games/ Click on Composer Your Own Music.
2. Notate you own composition
http://creatingmusic.com/new/sketch/
http://www.classicsforkids.com/games/ Click on Composer Your Own Music.
2. Notate you own composition
http://creatingmusic.com/new/sketch/
Rhythm Games
1. Note Value Game with Oliver the Octopus http://www.makingmusicfun.net/flash/mpd.htm
2. Quackin Rhythms http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/quackinrhythms/
2. Quackin Rhythms http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/steprightup/quackinrhythms/
Amazing Interactive Websites on Music for Youth
1. The New York Philharmonic Kids
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
2. Sphinx Classical Kids
http://www.sphinxkids.org/
3. San Francisco Kids
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
4. Brain Pop has a huge section on Arts and Music
http://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/seeall/
5. One Minute Music Video breaks down Music
http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/music/movie/index.html
Instruments & Music Coloring Pages
1. Boston Symphony Orchestra
http://www.bsomusic.org/bsokids/main.taf?p=4,3
2. Instrument People
http://www.freecoloring.org/music/music_1.htm
3. People playing instruments
http://www.handipoints.com/coloring-pages/fun-facts/musical-instruments
4. Tons of instruments & singing
http://www.colormegood.com/music.html
5. More Instruments
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/instruments/coloring/
6. A Nice mix, some rock star ones & composers
http://www.edupics.com/coloring-pages-music-c115.html