Aural Training
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| Classics for Kids Rhythm |
- Creating Music Block Game–create a 3-note pattern and then listen to a variety of patterns to choose the one you created
- Creating Music Comparing Game–listen to two melodies and determine if they are the same or different
- Creating Music Block Game with Rhythm–list the block game above only with an 8-note melodic and rhythmic pattern
- Creating Music About Pitch–listen to classical music excerpts demonstrating rising and lowering pitch
- 12 Steps–Select the sound heard to help Alice (in Wonderland) up the stairs
- Orchestra Game–listen and identify the instrument played
- BBC Seaside Activity—match sounds with descriptions
- BBC Mood Music—listen to music selections and match with a mood
- BBC Instrument Matchup—match sounds with instrument
- BBC Quiz—review of aural rhythm, style, and instrument recognition
- Carnegie Hall Listening Adventures: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” –Interactive Listening Map
- Classics for Kids Rhythm—imitate rhythms played on the space bar
- Funschool Kazounds—musical memory game
- Funschool Music Match ‘em—match the instrument with the sound
- Arts Alive Guess the Instrument—multiple choice choose instrument played
- PBS Caillou Stars—musical memory game
- PBS Toopy and Binoo Planets—musical memory game
- PBS Toopy and Binoo Shells—match pitches
- PBS Toopy and Binoo Bubbles—musical memory game
- DJ Games Music Matching–imitate melodies played on a solfege ladder
- Sousa Palooza–an interactive music map of a famous Sousa march turned into an asteroid-like game
- Note Pair–aural concentration game
- Theta Music Trainer–many aural training games for everything from scales, intervals, chord progressions, rhythms, and more
- Music Memory–aural solfege training
- Music Teacher Games–many games for staff, piano key, rhythm, and aural recognition
- Melody Mayhem 1–recognize a melody
- Storm Chasers–recognize melodic direction
- Catch the Coconut–aural interval recognition
- Good Ear–ear training exercises for intervals, chords, scales, cadences and more
- Echo Time with Annie–aural concentration game
Composers
| DSO Kids Beethoven’s Baseball |
- Quia Composer Fun Concentration–match composer with a famous work
- Quia Composer Fun Word Search–find composers in this word search and learn which which famous works they wrote
- Quia Composer Fun Matching–match composers with a famous work
- Quia Composer Fun Flash Cards–Flip the flashcards to memorize composers and their famous works
- Fun Brain Word Scramble–given a clue, unscramble the word to name the composer
- Fun Brain Composers Stay Afloat–play hangman to name the composer
- DSO Kids Time Machine–place composers in the appropriate time period
- DSO Kids Beethoven’s Baseball–multiple choice questions about composers
- Sphinx Kids Composer Gallery–learn about composers by birthday, country, style or name
- Carnegie Hall: A History of African American Music—timeline with listening examples of notable composers/performers and a short history
- Classics for Kids Composer Time Machine—learn about composers of each time period and listen to their compositions
- Arts Alive Name the Composer—multiple choice composer quiz
- Online Piano Game–listen and name the note on the treble staff
- Poisson Rouge Piano–compose a melody on a piano keyboard, see it placed on the staff and listen to it played
- Hansel and Gretel: Design Your Own Opera–customize this musical experience to learn about opera in the process
- Rhythms in the House–find objects to play rhythms on in the house with the idea that “music is everywhere”
Composition
| Classics for Kids Compose Your Very Own Music |
- Global Groovin’–create a world-music mix with drag and drop instruments, beats, and sounds
- BBC Cave Sounds—create a cave-sound mix with drag and drop sounds
- Classics for Kids Compose Your Very Own Music—compose 4 measures of music in 4/4 time
- Arts Alive Compose Music—compose a 9 note melody
- PBS Martha Speaks Make the Band—choose the instruments, vocalists, rhythm and tempo for the band to play
- PBS Shock’s Beatbox—create a beat box composition
- SFS Kids Composerizer—drag and drop measures in the order you choose to compose a piece
- Do Le Me–play and record your own melody on this tone ladder (note: the syllable “le” is used in place of “re” and “si” in place of “ti” which can be confusing for those trained in traditional solfege)
- Online Piano Machine–play a melody on an octave keyboard, record it, and see it written on a staff
- Boomthang–play and record your own mix
- Science on Music–compose music in a virtual kitchen, learn about accoustics, and create a remix
- PBS Cyberchase Pattern Player–create visual and melodic musical patterns
Musical Instruments
| BBC Instrument Match Up |
- Flying Instruments—a Tetris-like game with three levels–matching by instrument family, by instrument, and by sound
- Orchestra Game–listen and identify the instrument played
- Fun Brain Musical Instruments Word Scramble–given a clue, unscramble the word to reveal the instrument
- Fun Brain Instruments Stay Afloat–play hangman to name the instrument
- Quia Instrument Quiz–a 21 question quiz on the orchestra instrument families
- Quia Rags to Riches–like “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” with questions limited to the orchestral instruments.
- Sphinx Kids Instruments Gallery—learn about the 4 orchestral string instruments, their history, and their instrument parts
- Sphinx Kids Instrument Storage Room—learn about the different instruments in the orchestra, how they sound, their history, and their instrument parts
- Sphinx Kids Concert Stage—listen to performances and view personal interviews of famous instrumentalists
- Sphinx Kids Practice Room—select a student to hear them describe and play his/her string instrument
- SFS Kids Instrument of the Orchestra—learn about the instruments of the orchestra, where they are located on stage, what family they belong too, and what they sound like
- BBC Instrument Match Up—match sounds with instrument
- Carnegie Hall’s Listening Adventures: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra—learn about the different instruments and families
- Funschool Music Match ‘em—match the instrument with the sound
- Melody Street—watch cartoon videos about instruments, play games, listen to the instruments and more
- NSO Kids—listen to instrumentalists, learn where they are located on stage, and understand the affect of acoustics
- Arts Alive Guess the Instrument—multiple choice choose instrument played
- Arts Alive Instrument Lab—learn about the instruments and instrument families, view virtual instruments from all directions, and listen to the instruments being played
- PBS Arthur’s Global Gizmo—global instrument matching and information
- PBS Word World Band—recognize the instruments being played and learn to spell them
- Virtual Drum Set–use number keys to play a virtual drum set
- Instruments Pair Game–instrument concentration
- Quia Battleship–play battleship and answer multiple choice questions about instruments at the same time
- Animated Science Orchestra–fill in the blank instrument quiz
- BBC Conduct a Classical Music Store–Bring the instruments in based on a score cue
- Ocean Treasure Hunt–instrument sound and image recognition
- Leo and the Musical Family–match instruments to family
Notation
| Classics for Kids Note Names |
- Funbrain The Piano Player–staff and piano keys recognition
- SFS Kids Performalator—play simple melodies via color coded music
- Musicards Note Names—treble clef flash cards
- Musicards Intervals—treble and bass clef interval flash cards
- Musicards Triads—treble clef triad flash cards for chord and inversion recognition
- Classics for Kids Note Names—name sets of treble clef notes
- Music Match–match the note on the piano keys with the note on the staff
- Online Piano Game–listen and name the note on the treble staff
- Musical Notes–treble clef and piano key recognition
- Music Teacher Games–many games for staff, piano key, rhythm, and aural recognition
- Page Turner Treble Staff Spaces–recognize staff spaces
- Naming Intervals: Steps and Skips–recognize steps and skips
- Whack-a-Note–like whack-a-mole only with staff notes
- Sherm’s Music Quiz–staff note recognition
- Music Press Distress–collect the notes for the desired value
- Eek! Shark!–treble and bass clef staff recognition
Symbols and Vocabulary
| SFS Kids What’s That Symbol? |
- Quia Musical Elements Matching–match musical elements and their definitions
- Quia Musical Elements Flash Cards– Flip the flashcards to memorize musical elements and their definitions
- Quia Music Vocabulary Flash Cards–Flip the flashcards to memorize music vocabulary and their definition
- Quia Music Vocabulary Matching–match vocabulary and definitions
- Quia Music Vocabulary Concentration–match vocabulary and definitions
- Quia Vocabulary Word Search–find vocabulary in a word search
- SFS Kids What’s Tempo?–select a tempo marking and listen to how it changes the speed of the music
- SFS Kids What’s that Symbol? – select a symbol and listen to how it changes the way the music is played
- Musicards Key Signatures—key signature flash cards
- DSO Kids Music Match–match the music symbols
- Music Darts 1–recognize music symbols
- Leo’s Barnyard Baton–understand tempo and dynamics while pretending to conduct
Variety
These websites could not be limited to one particular musical focus but have several activities covering a wide-variety of musical instruments and elements.
| The NY Philharmonic Kidzone! |
- SFS Kids
- The New York Philharmonic Kids Zone
- PBS Kids Music Games
- Music Theory.Net—lessons, tools, and customizable exercises for note, key, interval, choral, and keyboard note recognition both on the staff and aurally
- Quia Music Review—Jeopardy-like game to review music elements, notation, instruments, rhythm and more
- Quia Shared Music Games—full list of over 200 Quia shared music games
- Creative Kids Education Foundation Projects–learn about opera, composers, musical styles and more
- PBS Jazz Kids–learn about jazz music, musical elements and improvisation
- eMusic Theory Practice–exercises to practice note names, piano keys, string instrument fingerings, rhythms, intervals, chords, scales, and more
- Music Tech Teacher–over 130 elementary quizzes, puzzles, and games on music notes, rhythms, instruments, composers, and more
- PedaPlus Interactive Games–note, key signature, scale and interval recognition
- Teoria–Music theory and aural training tutorials and exercises
