A slate lighthouse. A short scale or triad plays. Major wants Sun. Minor wants Storm. Yank the weather vane High for Sun or Low for Storm — the stage stays slate until you commit. A right Yank is Shifted! A wrong way is a Miss. Ten Shifts reach Harbor clear.
Light the lamp
Tap Easy, Medium, or Hard. Then Yank in. Lives start at three. Ten Shifts reach Harbor clear.
Hear Major or Minor
A triad, a scale, or a short fragment plays. Hear plays it again. Do not wait for the sky to change — you choose.
Yank Sun or Storm
Drag the vane High for Sun (Major) or Low for Storm (Minor). Press Yank, or space. Arrows also tilt the vane.
Shifted or Miss
The matching way is Shifted! and the lamp turns gold or indigo. A wrong Yank is a Miss and resets the Streak.
Yank the vane
A physical vane, not two quiz cards. Drag it High for Sun (Major) or Low for Storm (Minor). Hear plays the phrase again. Yank commits.
The stage waits
The lighthouse stays slate until you Yank. Then gold Sun or indigo Storm fills the lamp. Shifted! or Miss! follows what you heard.
Score, Streak, Shifts
Each Shifted! adds Score and grows the Streak. Ten Shifts reach Harbor clear. Three Misses are Lamp out.
Difficulty that changes the ear
Easy is I major vs i minor triads. Medium plays scales. Hard uses short melodic fragments.
Mode Weather is a middle-school pitch game on a slate lighthouse. A short triad, scale, or melody plays. Major belongs with Sun. Minor belongs with Storm. The player Yanks a weather vane to High-sun or Low-storm. The stage does not change until they commit. Easy uses I major vs i minor triads. Medium uses scales. Hard uses short melodic fragments. Ten Shifts end the run.
Major and Minor as weather
Kids map a bright triad to Sun and a dark triad to Storm by yanking a vane, not by tapping a card labeled Major.
Yank is the verb
Hear, then Yank. Shifted! lights the lamp. Miss! leaves it cold and resets the Streak.
Chips match the board
The vane ends read Sun and Storm. Side chips read Major and Minor. How-to uses those same words.
Skill changes with difficulty
Easy is I vs i triads. Medium opens scales. Hard hides the mode in a short fragment.
Drag the weather vane High for Sun or Low for Storm, then press Yank or space. Hear plays the phrase again.
No. The stage stays slate until you Yank. Gold Sun or indigo Storm appears only after you commit.
They light as you tilt the vane. High is Sun / Major. Low is Storm / Minor. Match what you hear.
What you hear. Easy is I major vs i minor triads. Medium is scales. Hard is short melodic fragments.
Sixth through eighth grade (middle school), when students hear major and minor. Stay on Easy to learn the two triads.