Music Room

The Music Room is an activity and location in JumpStart 1st Grade (2000). The activity is designed to teach music concepts at a first grade level.

Description
At the Music Room, the player can either listen to songs or create their own music from a selection of instruments. There are eight songs:
 * Frankie's 1st Grade Song
 * Ms. Nobel's Gravity Song
 * Chef Gumbo's Potato Song
 * Camille's Art Song
 * Sarge's Alphabet Song
 * Mrs. Wilder's Exercise Song
 * Mr. Ditty's Music Song
 * Floyd's 1st Grade Song

Music Maker on the Pipe Organ
The pipe organ is an instrument with a keyboard.

Musical Instruments

 * guitar
 * trumpet
 * flute
 * violin
 * organ

Songs

 * Hickory Dickory Dock
 * Old MacDonald Had a Farm
 * The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
 * The Wheels on the Bus
 * It's Raining, It's Pouring

Digital manual description
Mr. Ditty, the Music Teacher, wants you to come in and play his instruments. You can join Frankie and Mr. Ditty as they dance around to songs performed by the 1st Grade staff. There are 8 songs in all, including 2 different versions of the JumpStart 1st Grade 2001 theme song. Click on the boom box to start the fun. Explore the music room or make your own music on the Music Maker by clicking on it.

Music Maker
Compose your own music!


 * Keys - Click on the keys or use the numbers (1 to 0) on your keyboard to play.
 * Songs - Enhance a song by Mr. Ditty by adding your own special touch.
 * Instruments - Select an instrument to play with on the organ.
 * Tempos - Choose a predefined tempo to add to the complexity of your music.
 * Record - Click once to record and another time to stop recording.
 * Play - Play your saved song. You can only save one song at a time.

Trivia

 * This activity appears to be based on the Music in the Mouse Hole activity from JumpStart 1st Grade (1995).