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Help designing our Future Games
By janice | February 11, 2010
At the Fun Music Company we are currently working really hard on our first computer game product which is going to be called Interactive Music Games. This is going to be a package of music theory games that will engage students in a computer lab or using an interactive whiteboard.
Thanks to our surveys already on this topic we know that people want:
- Simple Software games to keep one child at a time engaged and learning on the computer
- Games to use on a class network of computers
- Music Games that can be used on interactive Whiteboard
We are currently working on them right now, and they will be released later this year. Today we thought we would just give you some of the ideas we have, and invite you to submit your own ideas to help us create this product.
Musical Match Games
There will be a wide variety of match games in this set of computer games. Students will not only have to match musical symbols and notes, but match keyboard positions to staff positions, match instruments to their sound, match melodies to their notation and more.
Musical Symbol Puzzles
Students will learn the shapes of many different types of musical symbols through a wide variety of puzzles. Race the clock and get the treble clef together!
Stop its Wrong!
A computer adaptation of the popular game from our Printable Music Games series will help students know the correct way to write musical notation
Placing the notes on music lines
Students will drag and drop notes on to manuscript – Racing the clock and being very accurate to make sure they are in the right place.
Hey why not, instead of just talking about it, lets show you what we mean!
Play the notes on the piano keys
Students will have to play the virtual piano in response to the note that appears on the staff in front of them.
Place a scale on the stave
Students will have to place the notes of a scale on the stave, add accidentals and slurs in the right places.
Music Composition
Students will “drag and drop” bars of music to create their own compositions
At the moment we thought we’d put up one simple game for you to have a try and give us some feedback.
What other ideas do you have?
What would you like to see in this product?
Use the comment box below to give us your suggestions. The people with the best suggestions may be asked to Beta test these games in the next couple of months, so make sure you submit your feedback!
Topics: Fun Music Company Announcements, Fun and Games, Interactive Music Games, Interactive whiteboards, Music Theory
