Wii Music: Ear Training Through Play!

February 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm by Rebecca Haden

Make no mistake: Wii Music is a lot of fun. Where else can you get together with your friends and play “Sukiyaki” on steel drums and sitar, or create a full orchestral jam session in space? Wii Music offers so many nuances of play that small children can play with no chance of failure, yet it can be adapted to create highly competitive opportunities for musicians to play.

What is Wii Music?

Performing with friends in Wii Music

Essentially, players of Wii Music play music as Wii characters. Using the Wii remote controls, you choose instruments to play, using movements rather like those required in playing the musical instruments in the physical world. Each instrument has its own nature in Wii Music, just like in the real world, and particular combinations of buttons and movements give you chords or single notes, tremolo or arpeggios, crescendos or muted sounds. Add the Wii balance board for full drum set action.

As you continue to play, you unlock more instruments and more tunes, working up to a selection of over 60 different instruments from around the world Click to read the rest…