One of my personal favorite games based around responding to music is Audiosurf. Audiosurf is a purchasable game that allows students to select their favorite songs and collect colored blocks (while avoiding gray blocks.) These blocks show up on beats or specific rhythms. The track itself flows with the melody and context of the phrases in the song playing. It gives students a fun way to see the music unfold in front of them and for them to respond to it without it feeling like another lesson.
This game seems like a creative way not only to get kids to feel rhythms but differentiate moods set by the music. The colors change as the music gets faster or louder and when tracks like drums are added in! Looks like a very good idea :)
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