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Hand game

Hand game

Game played using the hands

This article is about games played with the hands. For the feature in card games, see Hand game (cards).

Hand games are games played using only the hands of the players.[1] Hand games exist in a variety of cultures internationally, and are of interest to academic studies in ethnomusicology and music education.[1][2] Hand games are used to teach music literacy skills and socio-emotional learning in elementary music classrooms internationally.[3][4][5]

Mushi-ken, a Japanese hand game (1809)

Examples of hand games

Less strictly, the following may be considered hand games:

References

  1. [1]
    Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, ed. (1977). Forms of play of native North Americans. St. Paul, Minnesota: West. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. [2]
    Catherine McLaughlin (2009). "Cultural hand games inspire students". Alberta Sweetgrass. 4 (16): 8.
  3. [3]
    Gluschankof, Claudia; Kenney, Susan Hobson (2011). "Music Literacy in an Israeli Kindergarten". General Music Today. 25 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1177/1048371311414880. S2CID 144182018.
  4. [4]
    Jacobi, Bonnie S (December 1, 2012). Opportunities for Socioemotional Learning in Music Classrooms. Vol. 99. pp. 68–74. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. [5]
    Lau, Wai-Tong (October 1, 2005). Twentieth-century school music literature in China: a departure from tradition. Vol. 17. p. 33. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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