meloktaMUSIC GAME
Complete the Melody
One note is missing from a short melody. Listen, look where the gap is and play that note on the piano or xylophone.
What does it teach?
- Thinking melodically: hearing a note’s neighbours
- Finding pitches by ear
- Completing a melody and hearing it whole
How to play
One note of a short melody is missing and the melody stops at that point. Listen, look at where the note is missing and play it on the piano or xylophone.
Game facts
- Instrument
- Piano, Xylophone
- Suggested grade
- Grades 1–4
- Age
- 6–10
- Levels
- Easy, Medium, Hard
- Tasks
- 15
Tasks
Easy
- Find the last note — Finds and plays the missing last note in three-note melodies. Grades 1–2 · 3 min
- The middle note — Finds the missing middle note in three-note melodies. Grades 1–2 · 3 min
- Where is the first note? — Finds the missing first note in three- or four-note melodies. Grades 1–2 · 3 min
- Echo tunes — Completes four-note tunes with repeated notes. Grades 1–3 · 4 min
- Leaping frog tunes — Finds the missing note in four-note leaping tunes (C–E–G). Grades 2–3 · 4 min
Medium
- Five-note paths — Finds the missing note in five-note stepwise tunes. Grades 2–3 · 4 min
- Wavy tunes — Finds the missing note in five- or six-note tunes that change direction. Grades 2–4 · 5 min
- Question and answer — Finds the missing note in six-note question-and-answer tunes. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
- Gap in the high notes — Finds the missing note in five-note tunes between G4 and C5. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
- Six-note journey — Completes six-note tunes that use the whole C–C range. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
Hard
- Seven-note ladder — Finds the missing note in seven-note tunes. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
- Eight-note song phrases — Finds the missing note in original eight-note song phrases. Grades 3–4 · 6 min
- Long leaping tunes — Finds the missing note in seven- or eight-note tunes with leaps. Grades 3–4 · 6 min
- Hidden start and end — Finds a missing note at the start or end of long tunes. Grades 3–4 · 6 min
- Melody completion final — Finds the missing note anywhere in mixed seven- and eight-note tunes. Grades 3–4 · 6 min