Description
A FABULOUS way to open a class dialogue about Jazz music, and a great sub tub essential!
– Sub friendly!
– educational
– FUN
– will keep all your kids engaged!
– easy to run with as little or as much tech as you need.
– multiple ways to play – individuals and teams both work! This huge list of songs and world cities will keep even you guessing!
Get this game and 4 more Music or Not Games in my Music or Not yes
Two print options for the game cards: color and black & white.
Here are some ideas for using the game:
• Emergency sub plans for all ages
• Perfect because your sub does not have to be a music person.
• Open House Activity
• End of class reward
• Game Day
• Game at the beginning or end of a jazz/blues unit
• Cross-curricular activity with Geography/Social Studies
Newly updated to give you the best! You’ve been asking! Now:
– Includes information about each city and song.
– A map point for each city.
– Private playlist of ViewPure videos for each song.
– Includes old version if that is your favorite!
– Powerpoint AND PDF so you can run it the way that is easier for you!
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MelaDee A. –
Looks fun! Will use in my ‘sub tub’ too!
Shelley –
Yay!
Bridget Suess –
Fun! It would have been really nice if you would have added some information about the song, or where the city was!
Shelley –
I just finished a massive update! It has info on the cities and songs as well as a playlist you can access.
Rockin’ Robyn –
Great reliever activity – what fun
Shelley –
🙂 Thanks!
Brittanie B. –
I left this with a sub and she said it was very easy to play and the kids enjoyed it.
Shelley –
Awesome!
Rhonda Chalone Music –
Love this! I made a playlist of the tunes on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2a5mBuZWhpnt_lAE0PG1HjgV_CVtEDIN
CITY
Fortaleza, Brazil
Caracas, Venezuela
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Recife, Brazil
Callao, Peru
Chaohu, China
Osasco, Brazil
Putian, China
Sanhe, China
Abulug, Phillipines
Zadar, Croatia
Cohoctah, Michigan
Roubaix, France
Menominee, Michigan (also WI Tribe)
Purnia, India
Eeklo, Belgium
Malaga, Spain
Celje, Slovania
Tukwila, Washington
Silistra, Bulgaria
SONGS
Frenesi – Alberto Dominguez, 1939, Bolero
Pannonica – Thelonius Monk, 1959
Isfahan- Both a city in Iran and a song – Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington from 1963
Tipitina – Professor Longhair 1953
Moritat – aka “Mack the Knife” Kurt Weill 1928
Birdland – Weather Report, 1977, Jazz Fusion piece
Bethena – Scott Joplin 1905, Ragtime waltz
Airegin – Sonny Rollins 1954
Nardis – Miles Davis, 1958
Ceora – Lee Morgan, 1965, Hard bop on the Cornbread Album
Malaguena – Ernesto Lecuona, 1928, Cuban
Jordu – Duke Ellington, 1953
Perdido – Duke Ellington, 1941, lyrics by Juan Tizol in 1944 for Ella Fitzgerald to sing
Sandu – Clifford Brown, 1955
Naima – John Coltrane, 1959
Litha – Chick Corea, 1966
Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, 1939, Bolero
Corcovado- Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1960, Bossa Nova
Bellavia – Chuck Mangione, 1975
Daahoud – Clifford Brown, 1954
Shelley –
Oh too cool! May I share this playlist? You can email me at mrsstouffersmusicroom@gmail.com
Love it!! And I just updated – now it inclues a private playlist of View Pure videos for everyone! 🙂
Kathleen P. –
What a fun game! I can’t wait to use this with my kids at school:)
Shelley –
Thank you!
Carrie Burnworth –
Love your collection of these games! So many options to use this (no voice, sub, jazz unit, etc.) and you made it simple and fun!
Shelley –
🙂 Thank you!!
Martino’s Music –
Very creative game! I’m looking forward to playing this with my students.
Shelley –
🙂
Lynn Senftner –
These are EXCELLENT games My kids loved them
Shelley –
Thanks! 🙂 Glad they enjoy them!
Maria R. –
My kids will have a blast playing, I’m sure! Thank you!
Shelley –
🙂 Thanks!
Judaline Swinkels –
Your games are so much fun! My students always ask to play them! Please keep making more!
Elementary Etudes –
My kids loved this! Such a hoot!
Shelley –
🙂
Tim H. –
A great activity that the students are always happy to partake in.
Shelley –
That’s awesome! 🙂
Northern Notes by Mrs Hunt –
Very clever!!!
Thanks!!
Shelley –
🙂
Dawn L. –
Excited to play this with my students!
Shelley –
🙂 It’s so fun!
Susan B. –
Thank you! My students loved it!
Shelley –
So happy they did!
Kelly Pope –
My 4th graders performed a jazz musical this year, and LOVED this activity! It got pretty competitive and sparked a lot of discussion.
Shelley –
So glad they loved it! What musical was it? That sounds fun!
Courtney G. –
Fun Game!
Shelley –
🙂 Thanks!
Janelle S. –
Much fun!
Shelley –
Thank you!
Sarah M. –
fun!
Rocky Mountain Music –
Kids love and beg for this game
Bottomless Cup Music –
Lots of fun! 5th graders loved it!
Tammy P. –
Great ice breaker or to use while waiting for parents at the end of piano camp!
All Means All Can Learn –
Great product!
Christine S. –
fun open house game
Sunflower Songs –
This is a fun activity for the students. I love using it when classes aren’t all on the same lessons due to weather, assemblies, etc. Great for end of the year too when students are losing focus.
Kathryn R. –
My students LOVE these! Great break game and easy to leave for a sub!
Katherine H. –
It was a fun activity for the last week of school. My student from Brazil was so excited to see that many of the cities were in Brazil.
Jill M. –
Love these games!
Brandy R. –
My students have so much fun with these games. They are a permanent part of my emergency sub plans and are great to use if we finish our regular plans a few minutes early.
Melanie G. –
Kids enjoyed this!
Kelley Fewer –
Students really enjoyed the game; musical examples were engaging.
Loraine H. –
great resource, easy to follow directions, open up conversation about world music
Rebecca H. –
I absolutely love these “Music or Not” games! They are so much fun and perfect to leave with a non-musical sub if need be.
Angela H. –
We are just wrapping up a unit on jazz, and this was so fun!!! My middle schoolers absolutely loved this game – they were engaged and we all had a good laugh as we tried to guess each word. Great resource – highly recommended!
Music with Melissa –
Super fun and easy filler for my sub tub!
Chelsey M. –
Always a fun game for your music students! They love the geography that is included in this game. Thank you!
Heather R. –
Was grateful to have this to use at the end of the school year with 5th and 6th grade!
Allison J. –
My middle schoolers loved this activity. Left it for a sub as well and it went great. Thanks!
Kathryn M. –
I have this as a sub resource, and students love using it!
Jessica K. –
This is a great sub-tub activity that students love!