21 December 2008

76 Trombones ... or Big Musical Tubes

Nearly every month Grandma Jacquie's family gets together for as a big extended family for some good old fashioned fun and this month was no exception except for we had even more folks in town for the holidays. 


Amee taught us a new game using (hitting) simple yet colorful plastic tubes cut at different lengths and widths to produce the musical scale. Holding up the poster with only the notes and colors depicted we had to 'play' the notes and guess the tune. Luckily Mel kept us on track (pointing and then calling out the letters by the end of the night!)


Some were much better at it - both the playing and the guessing, but Jeff led the group in correctly guessing the tune.

It was a lot of fun and amazingly we could even hear the tune, especially the second time through. 



Great game Amee & thanks for hosting us Peggy. Way to put the pressure on us for next month! See how Cole's trying to think about how we'll ever top this one. 


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