Meet Max the musical monster detective of Monster Town. Someone has been stealing the mash potato and Max needs help to find the culprit! Rule out the monsters one by one by playing the beginner music theory games to solve the case.
Monster Mash is playable on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone and is available with a ‘Student’ or ‘Studio‘ licence. The ‘Studio‘ version for teachers includes bonus games and resources and is perfect for music lessons.
All work well during in person lessons and many are ideal for online teaching using platforms like Zoom or Skype. Simply open a web browser on your computer, laptop or tablet, select a game and play!
Music theory games
Find Kitty Cat
Kitty Cat likes to wander around the village but keeps getting stuck behind the locked doors. Can you find her? (recognising note values of 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
Beach Day
Reach the sandcastle before the waves wash it away – three waves and it’s game over! (using note values of 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
Sailaway Teacher
Send your teacher to a desert island if you can add up the note values correctly!
Superhero
Create your own boy or girl superhero and practice rests (1, 2 and whole bar rests)
Spooky Town
Visit the town full of friendly ghosts – just don’t tap the bats or it’s game over! (1, 2 and whole bar rests)
Autumn Leaves
Catch the leaves as they fall to the ground in this fun leaderboard game (names of the white piano keys C, D and E).
Sheepy
The sheep need a wash but only pink sheep score points! (split into rounds with round 1 covering the white piano keys C, D and E, and round 2 the keys F, G, A and B).
Groundhog Chase
Catch the groundhogs as they pop up from the ground in this leaderboard game (dynamic signs p, mp, mf and f)
Love Hearts
Spin the wheel and collect hearts (musical signs quiz)
Birthday Cake
Will you get hired or fired in the cake shop by putting the candles on the birthday cakes? (missing bar line quiz using time signatures of 2, 3 and 4 beats in a bar and note values of 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
Bullseye
Can you hit the target to score points? (complete the bar so it is correct using time signatures of 2, 3 and 4 beats in a bar and note values of 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
Pin The Monster
This is a bit like that classic game of pin the tail on the donkey but with monsters! (missing bar lines quiz using time signatures of 2, 3 and 4 beats in a bar and note values of 1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
Monster Mash complements any tutor book series and is ideal for beginner students in their first year of learning. Topics include:
- note values (1, 2, 3 and 4 beats)
- rest values (1, 2 and whole bar rests)
- time signatures (2, 3 and 4 beats in a bar – missing bar lines or completing a bar)
- names of the white piano keys (even if students don’t play the piano, a knowledge of the keys of a piano can be very useful when learning theory)
- musical signs (such as simple dynamic signs, treble and bass clefs etc.).
Bonus games for teachers
The ‘Studio’ version of Monster Mash includes two bonus games. Students compete to make the most pizzas in ‘Pizza Takeaway’ (and top the worldwide leaderboard!). Questions are on time signatures.
Dive to the bottom of the sea in ‘Super Submarine’ to collect treasure. Just don’t wake up the sub!
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