Musicolor
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Musicolor is an educational game that teaches music theory to children. It is based on the music teaching method developed by Candida Tobin and contains 15 lesson each with a number of interactive activities. Most activities involve listening to sounds as they are played and then clicking on various icons or graphics on the screen. Sometimes the player is asked questions regarding the sounds being played. Some activities are built around colour and work like colouring books. There is also a composition tool that allow the player to freely create tunes.
The lessons are as follows:* Lesson 1: Instructions (on using the program)
- Lesson 2: Notes & Colours
- Lesson 3: Pre-composition
- Lesson 4: Composition
- Lesson 5: Shorthand
- Lesson 6: Note lengths
- Lesson 7: Pitch
- Lesson 8: Passing notes
- Lesson 9: Time
- Lesson 10: Harmony
- Lesson 11: The sixteenth
- Lesson 12: Accidentals
- Lesson 13: New Scales
- Lesson 14: Minor chords
- Lesson 15: Tetrachords & scales
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| Binary Vision | |
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| "The Teapot Song" composed and performed by | |
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| © 1992 |
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Game added by Kabushi.
Game added November 20, 2016. Last modified March 9, 2023.