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Melody Memory

Listen to a short melody, remember it and play the same notes in the same order. The melody grows each time you succeed.

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What does it teach?

  • Building listening memory
  • Keeping notes in order
  • Hearing which way a melody moves

How to play

A short melody is played. Listen, remember it and play the same notes in the same order on the piano or xylophone.

Each time you succeed the melody grows by one note. You have three tries for each melody.

Game facts

Instrument
Piano, Xylophone
Suggested grade
Grades 1–4
Age
6–10
Levels
Easy, Medium, Hard
Tasks
8

Tasks

Easy

  • Two-note echoes — Listens to two-note melodies and plays them back in the right order. Grades 1–2 · 3 min
  • Three steps — Plays back three-note melodies that move by step. Grades 1–2 · 4 min

Medium

  • Jumping frog — Recognizes and plays back three-note melodies with jumps (thirds, fifths). Grades 2–3 · 4 min
  • Four-note path — Keeps four-note melodies in memory and plays them in order. Grades 2–4 · 5 min
  • Birdsong — Listens to and plays back melodies in the high notes (G–high C). Grades 2–4 · 4 min

Hard

  • Ladder and slide — Plays four- and five-note melodies that change direction, in the right order. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
  • Five-note puzzle — Plays back five-note melodies that mix steps and jumps. Grades 3–4 · 5 min
  • Memory champion: 2 to 5 — Plays back melodies that grow step by step from two to five notes. Grades 2–4 · 6 min

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