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Same or Different
How to play Same or Different
Tap Start. Peabody reads the question, then the band plays. Three little tunes. Two are the same. Which one is different? Tap one of the three boxes. If it isn’t right, it fades, the sound plays again, and you can try another. Hear it again plays the sound as many times as you like.
What it teaches: Listening for patterns: when a tune repeats and when it changes, the start of musical form (A, A, B).
It starts easy. A round is ten questions, and eight right the first time climbs a rung: 1. Very different, 2. One note jumps, 3. One note steps. Good for K to 3rd grade.
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