Percussion Memory
Classic “memory” game with percussion instruments.
Classic “memory” game with percussion instruments.
Sort these instruments into the correct instrument family: brass, woodwinds, or strings.
Students build melodies on the staff with pennies by decoding phrases written in solfege, pitch names, or scale degrees.
Name the notes on each staff to spell a word. Find the card that has the matching answer.
Find the note name sequence that matches each musical phrase. Clap the rhythm and try to sing the phrase using the note names. Play the phrase and decide with title matches the familiar tune.
Add up the values of each note.
Name the letter name of the note on the staff.
Players take turns reading and clapping rhythms written on popsicle sticks. pulling as many sticks as they can without getting “Busted”, the player with the most rhythm sticks wins.
Match each rhythmic phrase to the correct time signature. Count and clap each phrase.
Match each rhythmic phrase to the correct time signature. Count and clap each phrase.
Sort these percussion instruments into the correct family: woods, shakers/scrapers, drums, metals, or sound effects.
Match each recorder fingering to its matching note on the staff. Name the pitch.
For each percussion instrument, find and pin the correct clothespin to the picture.
Match the solfege letters on each key to the lock with the matching notes on the staff.
Match each music symbol or word to the correct definition.
Sort the pictures into loud and soft sounds.
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