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Guess the Year
How to play Guess the Year
Tap Start. Peabody reads the question, then the band plays. Music changes over time. When was music like this new? 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: Music has a history: every kind of music was new once, and you can hear when by its instruments and its beat.
It starts easy. A round is ten questions, and eight right the first time climbs a rung: 1. Far apart, 2. Close together. Good for 3rd to 8th grade.
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