Games for Music

Warm-Up. A simple activity that improves engagement in complex ones
Rhythm Cards. Cards that show rhythmic cues.
Facilitator. A person who helps a group to work together.
Stacking. An arrangement or a mechanic of there being more and more of something.
Found sound. Music material that was not produced by an instrument or vocals.
Pervasive Game. A game where the gaming experience blends with the real world.
Genre. A conventional category that identifies some work (piece of music, game, etc.) as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.
Constellation. A line-up for a single performance of improvised music.
Aleatoricism. Using chance in music-making.
Goals. Goals are aims for the player, usually established by rules, they differentiate games from other types of play.
Karaoke. Amateur singing used as a pastime, most often to a backing track and with lyrics displayed.
XP. "Experience points" — gathered during some games to gain upgrades.
Rule Cards. Cards that provide instruction to players (usually in text).
Ad libitum. "As you like it", a score annotation that gives a level of freedom to the performer.
Dice. Throwable objects used for repeatable randomization of more than 2 states.
Learning curve. Characterization of progress of skill during the gaming experience.
RPG. Role-Playing Game, a game where main focus is assuming the role of a fictional character.
Prompter (role). Participant that gives signals to change music without deciding about the direction of that change.
Non-idiomatic music. The genre of "no genre", also known as free music.
Psychographics. Three player types, Timmy, Johnny, and Spike, by main internal motivation to play.