Five-Fact Fun Music Games

The "Five Facts" in the title of this engaging but simple game book are clues that are designed to reveal a music word or term. A few students might know the word after the first clue (Wynton Marsalis is a famous player of this instrument) or the second (An ancient form of this instrument is a bugle). By the fifth clue (I am the smallest member of the brass family), every hand should be in the air. Read a few puzzles aloud as a review at the end of class or adapt and use these facts to create visuals, reproducibles, or classroom materials. Numerous suggestions for multiple classroom uses are given, but no matter how you use these facts, students are sure to have fun! Topics include: instruments and families, musical styles, and classical and contemporary composer and performers.