Melodic Dictation: Hear Four Notes, Choose the Staff
by Creouts Publishing © 2026
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: musicElementarySkills,musicEarTraining
Grades: 5,6,7
Description
STEP 12 of Ear Training Step by Step (also in the path bundle), after Step 11. Self-checking melodic dictation for Grades 5-7. Each question plays a short tune. Four staffs start on the same note; only one shows the tune. 29 cards, 20 scored. HEAR EVERY MOVE Each wrong staff differs from the tune in one note only, so learners hear each move: up or down, then how far (2nd to octave). From round 2 wrong staffs keep the tune's shape. HOW IT WORKS - 3 learn cards: choosing the staff, big jumps, hearing long tunes in chunks. - Round 1: four notes, 2nds and 3rds. Round 2: four notes, big jumps. - Round 3: five notes. Round 4: six notes. - Speakers play the tune, slowly, and in parts. - Reveal card after each round. Relative pitch only; this deck does not teach perfect pitch. SELF-CHECKING, WITH HELP WHEN STUCK - Boom scores every answer; retry wrong ones at once. - Two tap-to-show hints per question; Hint 2 lists the moves. - Equally loud notes in C major, C4 to E5. ACCURACY Every answer is checked by our own verification software and by AI test solves from the cards and sounds alone, without the answer key. It has not been tested with a class. No process is perfect; if you spot an error, please tell us through the store's feedback. HOW IT WAS MADE Text written with AI assistance and fact-checked. All images and music notation are drawn in code; no AI image generators were used. All sounds are made in code. No AI voice. Needs sound. Plays in a browser; needs internet.
Acknowledgements
Music font: Bravura, (c) Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, SIL Open Font License 1.1. Text fonts: Atkinson Hyperlegible, (c) Braille Institute of America, SIL Open Font License 1.1; Fredoka, (c) The Fredoka Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1.