Compose and Check: Write a Tune That Follows the Rules
by Creouts Publishing © 2026
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: musicElementarySkills,musicEarTraining
Grades: 5,6,7
Description
STEP 21, the finale of Ear Training Step by Step (also in the path bundle). Self-checking ear training and melody writing for Grades 5-7: check tunes against 3 rules composers use, then write your own. 31 cards, 20 scored. THE MUSIC IDEA Classic melody rules, taught since Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum (1725): start and end on do; mostly steps; after a leap, step back. HOW IT WORKS - 4 learn cards: the rules, step / skip / leap, the leap rule, checking on the staff. - Round 1: hear the tune. Does it start and end on do? - Round 2: steps and leaps. - Round 3: new keys, all 3 rules. - Round 4: four endings on the staff. Which whole tune follows all 3? - Reveal cards. - Your turn: an optional card, not scored: write a tune and play it on a practice piano. Relative pitch only; does not teach perfect pitch. SELF-CHECKING, WITH HELP WHEN STUCK - Boom scores every answer. - Two tap-to-show hints per question; slow and home-note speakers. - No notes shown on the listening cards. ACCURACY Every answer is checked by our own software and by AI test solves from the cards and sounds alone, without the key. Not 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.