Name That Holiday Tune!A Holiday Music Game

Name That Holiday Tune!Objective: To be the team that gets the most points for most questions answered correctly.

Play: Divide your students into groups. Small groups of 3-4 work best as teams need to quietly discuss the answers they wish to write. Print off as many worksheets as you need (1 per group). Laminate them to use over and over again. Tell your students that they need to work as a team because who knows who might know the right (or wrong) answer!

Play a Christmas song for your students. Make sure they are sitting far enough away that they cannot see your music! You may find it most effective to only play a short excerpt and to do it 2 times.

After you are done playing the piece 2 times, give your students 1 minute to finalize their answers.

Tally the correct answers and award 1 point per correct answer.

The winning team is the one with the most points at the end.

Tips: If you have a combination of older and younger students in the same group lesson, assign specific questions to specific age groups and only allow these age groups to answer these questions.

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Name That Holiday Tune!List of Tunes: Remember that since students are naming the first interval, it’s best to leave off introductions so that they can re-hum the beginning interval easily.

Jingle Bells Jingle Bell Rock We Wish You A Merry Christmas Hark the Herald Frosty the Snowman Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (start on the chorus) Carol of the Bells Santa Claus is Coming to Town Do You Hear What I Hear? O Christmas Tree Deck the Hall God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Little Town of Bethlehem We Three Kings What Child is This? It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Away in a Manger The Christmas Song I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year A Holly Jolly Christmas I Saw Three Ships O Come All Ye Faithful The 12 Days of Christmas The First Noel Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Joy to the World Feliz Navidad Sleigh Ride Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas The Little Drummer Boy O Holy Night Here Comes Santa Claus The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Oh Christmas Tree Mary, Did You Know?

What is the first interval?

What is the meter (time signature) of the piece?

What is the tonality (major, minor, modal)?

Write a word that describes the tempo.

What is the name of the piece?

Name That Holiday Tune!

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Hold on to your seat! You know all that cup tapping fun you’ve been doing with Rhythm Cup Explorations? Well, now you can bring that cup-tapping fun to your recital! This elementary, cup-tapping, holiday piece can be performed in any variety of exciting ways!

After my intermediate student performed this at the recital, ALL of my intermediate students begged me to play it. The contemporary sounding “Drastic Measures” is great for young and old intermediate students and will certainly be a crowd pleaser at this year’s recital! This piece is, well, drastic! And the nervous energy will keep audience members excited and engaged throughout the piece.

Tired of boring elementary holiday music? This piece is actually “arranged” in a fun and joking manner. Full of energetic staccatos and not one, not two, but three glissandos (optional, but students can easily do these with index cards), this piece will thrill an audience and make any student feel accomplished!

Did they like THAT?