Drum Dock

MusicCounting RhythmsGrades 3–6Keyboard

What students practice

Students practice counting rhythms, using grade 3, grade 4, or grades 5-6 note values, by reading a written rhythm, counting it out, and then playing it back exactly.

How to play

Players press Space to drum on every note and stay silent on every rest, locking a docking clamp for each note hit on the right count; missing a rhythm plays the correct counts back, and letting three ships crash ends the mission.

Teacher Setup

Teacher Setup lets a teacher choose which rhythm values are in play, whether the dock echoes the rhythm first before the student's turn, whether a count helper lights the counts that get a hit, whether the answer is shown on a miss, and the speed; the end screen offers a printable list of rhythms to practice, clapped and counted out loud.

Play it in Starship Arcade

Drum Dock is one of 16 games in the Music room, a members room on the Promenade.

Drum Dock title screen
Drum Dock, music game, title screen.

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