Musical Instruments
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Flying Instruments—a Tetrislike 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
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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
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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
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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 online
music education games covering a wide-variety of
musical instruments and elements.
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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
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PedaPlus Interactive Games–note, key signature, scale and interval
recognition
 Teoria–Music theory and aural training tutorials and exercises
Instrumental Music
Boomwhackers music
Boomwhackers' songs (pdf)
Creating Music (link)