Copy the Animals
Game3 levelsMusical memory and listening
The animals sing a little tune: play it back. One more note each round.
Listen: the animals sing a little tune.
Play it back on the same keys.
Every round, the tune gets one note longer.
Well done!
About Copy the Animals
What your child learns
Copy the Animals is a musical memory game. Listening to a short tune and playing it back is the skill musicians use to learn songs by ear. The keys light up while the animals sing, so a child remembers with the eyes and the ears together, and more and more with the ears alone as the tunes grow.
The levels
- Three animals: the cat, the elephant and the goat, on C, E and G, far enough apart to tell easily.
- Five animals: C to G.
- All the animals: C to the high C.
Three hearts
A wrong note costs a heart, and the tune plays again so your child can try once more. After three hearts the game ends; the score is the longest tune played back, and the best score is kept in this browser.
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How does a memory game help with music?
Remembering a tune and finding it on the keys trains listening, memory and the map of the keyboard together. It is the first step towards playing songs by ear.
What is a good score?
Any score that beats your own best. Each round adds one note, so a score of 6 means a tune of six notes played back from memory.
Can we hear the tune again?
Yes: press Hear it again before playing. It does not cost a heart.
Play together in GOONS Studio
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