Play That Tune
Play That Tune is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Resources Needed - lots of easy to play (or easy to make a sound) instruments, for example: Drums, Bongos, Xylophone, Triangle, Recorder, Jaws Harp, Guitar etc.
- Provide each of the participants with an instrument and explain that at the end of the team building game you would like them to have created a meaningful tune between them
- Start by asking the perso n with the drums to bash out a continual rhythm that will set the tone for the team.
- When there is a set rhythm going from the drummer. Move to the next instrument player and ask them to add a basic tune to the drummer’s rhythm.
- Continue moving throug h the instruments asking the person to add to the tune until everyone is playing a small part.
- If carried out carefully , you will find that the participants can establish something quite tuneful by simply sticking to their role and contributing a small part to the whole tune.
- You may need to stop , pause or otherwise allow participants to rest or start again throughout the game, but if you perceiver with the task you will get some excellent outcomes.
- The team building game ends when they have achieved the task or the trainer calls a halt to the proceedings.
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Resources Needed - lots of easy to play (or easy to make a sound) instruments, for example: Drums, Bongos, Xylophone, Triangle, Recorder, Jaws Harp, Guitar etc.
Provide each of the participants with an instrument and explain that at the end of the team building game you would like them to have created a meaningful tune between them
Start by asking the perso n with the drums to bash out a continual rhythm that will set the tone for the team.
When there is a set rhythm going from the drummer. Move to the next instrument player and ask them to add a basic tune to the drummer’s rhythm.
Continue moving throug h the instruments asking the person to add to the tune until everyone is playing a small part.
You may need to stop , pause or otherwise allow participants to rest or start again throughout the game, but if you perceiver with the task you will get some excellent outcomes.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Play That Tune. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Resources Needed - lots of easy to play (or easy to make a sound) instruments, for example: Drums, Bongos, Xylophone, Triangle, Recorder, Jaws Harp, Guitar etc.; Provide each of the participants with an instrument and explain that at the end of the team building game you would like them to have created a meaningful tune between them; Start by asking the perso n with the drums to bash out a continual rhythm that will set the tone for the team.; When there is a set rhythm going from the drummer. Move to the next instrument player and ask them to add a basic tune to the drummer’s rhythm.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: TrainerBubble. (1 source observed, including TrainerBubble.)
- What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
- No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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