Music Room Toolbox
Would You Rather
A rhythm game for the music room: students pick an answer to a would-you-rather question, then clap the rhythm under it. Use pictures or notation.
Using Would You Rather in your classroom
Teacher guide · Grades K–5
A would-you-rather question with a rhythm under each answer. Students choose a side of the room, then perform the rhythm under the answer they picked.
How to use it
- Choose pictures, notation, or both, and the rhythms to use.
- Read the question. Students move to the side of the room for their answer.
- Press Play both sides (Space). After a count-in, side 1 performs its rhythm, then side 2.
- Tap one answer (or press 1 or 2) to play just that side. Press Next question (N) for a new question and new rhythms.
Tips
- Pictures (cat, ap-ple) let pre-readers play before they read notation.
- Press New rhythms (R) to keep the question but practice different rhythms.
- Press New category to make your own, such as songs the class knows. Your categories are saved in this browser and sit with the others under Questions about.