QR Challenge: Orchestra Challenge
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
1. 1.What time signature is also known as C or common time? | 4/4
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2. 2.How many 16th notes are in two half notes? | 8
| 3. 3.Spell the notes to a D major scale. | DEF#GABC#D
| 4. 4.What is it called when you count the smallest rhythm out loud or in your head while you play? | subdivision
| 5. 5.How many sharps are in a B major scale? | 5
| 6. 6. How would I count a group of sixteenth notes? | one e and a
| 7. 7. What is the whole step and half step pattern of a major scale? | wwhwwwh
| 8. 8. How many flats are in a Gb major scale? | 6
| 9. 9. What syllables would I use to count two sixteenths plus an eighth? | one e and
| 10. 10. Draw a measure with two quarter notes, three eighth notes, and a half note in 4/4 time. | varies
| 11. 11. What time signature could have a measure of just 6 individual sixteenth notes? | 3/8
| 12. 12. What note does a Cb major scale start on? | Cb
| 13. 13. How would I count an eighth note connected to a sixteenth note? | one a
| 14. 14. Draw one individual 32nd note. | picture
| 15. 15. How many 8th notes are in a dotted half note? | 6
| 16. 16. Draw a quartern note rest. | drawing
| 17. 17.How many sharps are in D major? | 2
| 18. 18.What are the syllables in solfege?hint the first is do. | doremifasollatido
| 19. 19.What is an accidental? | a sharp or flat that is not in the key signature
| 20. 20. What can you do to become a better musician? | answers will vary |
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=1.What_time_signature_is_also_known_as_C_or_common_time?
Question 1 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=2.How_many_16th_notes_are_in_two_half_notes?
Question 2 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=3.Spell_the_notes_to_a_D_major_scale.
Question 3 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=4.What_is_it_called_when_you_count_the_smallest_rhythm_out_loud_or_in_your_head_while_you_play?
Question 4 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=5.How_many_sharps_are_in_a_B_major_scale?
Question 5 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=6._How_would_I_count_a_group_of_sixteenth_notes?
Question 6 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=7._What_is_the_whole_step_and_half_step_pattern_of_a_major_scale?
Question 7 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=8._How_many_flats_are_in_a_Gb_major_scale?
Question 8 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=9._What_syllables_would_I_use_to_count_two_sixteenths_plus_an_eighth?
Question 9 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=10._Draw_a_measure_with_two_quarter_notes,_three_eighth_notes,_and_a_half_note_in_4/4_time.
Question 10 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=11._What_time_signature_could_have_a_measure_of_just_6_individual_sixteenth_notes?
Question 11 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=12._What_note_does_a_Cb_major_scale_start_on?
Question 12 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=13._How_would_I_count_an_eighth_note_connected_to_a_sixteenth_note?
Question 13 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=14._Draw_one_individual_32nd_note.
Question 14 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=15._How_many_8th_notes_are_in_a_dotted_half_note?
Question 15 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=16._Draw_a_quartern_note_rest.
Question 16 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=17.How_many_sharps_are_in_D_major?
Question 17 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=18.What_are_the_syllables_in_solfege?hint_the_first_is_do.
Question 18 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=19.What_is_an_accidental?
Question 19 (of 20)
Orchestra Challenge: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=20._What_can_you_do_to_become_a_better_musician?
Question 20 (of 20)