{"id":7876,"date":"2026-04-08T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:55:36","slug":"peoples-music-school-teaching-artist-nico-carter-turns-music-theory-into-games-with-musical-caterpillar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/es\/peoples-music-school-teaching-artist-nico-carter-turns-music-theory-into-games-with-musical-caterpillar\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Music School Teaching Artist Nico Carter Turns Music Theory into Games with Musical Caterpillar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7876\" class=\"elementor elementor-7876\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee324ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee324ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccab4b8\" data-id=\"ccab4b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-646f83f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"646f83f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d7ee12\" data-id=\"2d7ee12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa9a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fa9a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail-1070x602.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7877\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail-1070x602.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Musical-Catepillar-thumbnail.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46815d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46815d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens when you gamify the foundations of note reading, ear training, and\u00a0 rhythm practice? You get <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/musicalcaterpillar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musical Caterpillar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an innovative, student-friendly music game website built from the ground up by People\u2019s Music School teaching artist and Chicago pianist &amp; composer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/es\/teaching-artists\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nico Carter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b168534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b168534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aba0304 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aba0304\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c608ebe\" data-id=\"c608ebe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d963a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27d963a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-1070x776.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7878\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-1070x776.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-2048x1485.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9579-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3998953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3998953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Musical Caterpillar Started<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb9c339 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb9c339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI designed and built Musical Caterpillar myself &#8211; the game design, the code, and the music education content behind it,\u201d says Nico. That passion and expertise show in every detail of the platform, which turns <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/es\/music-theory\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">music theory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into fun games and challenges that kids actually want to return to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea sparked from Nico\u2019s own teaching experience. \u201cI&#8217;d been playing a note-reading game on my whiteboard for years &#8211; my students loved it. Eventually I thought, \u2018Could I make this something they could practice on their own, even when I&#8217;m not there?\u2019 And that&#8217;s where it all started.\u201d Now, students can expand on the skills they learn in the classroom and build on their knowledge independently &#8211; all while still having fun!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7048d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6d7048d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-315e06a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"315e06a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f141a2\" data-id=\"7f141a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a2474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5a2474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized-1070x817.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized-1070x817.png 1070w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/peoplesmusicschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/musical-caterpillar-is-mobile-optimized.png 1352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b35674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b35674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gamifying Note Reading, Rhythm, and Ear Training<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf52e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf52e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its core, Musical Caterpillar is about making foundational skills stick. \u201cSome of the best learning happens when students forget they&#8217;re learning,\u201d Nico explains. \u201cMusic theory and note reading are like phonics. Once they become automatic, the whole musical world opens up. Games make the repetition feel like play instead of drilling.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By blending play with the basics of music theory, Musical Caterpillar helps students build confidence, independence, and music literacy, all while enjoying the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s something all ages and skill levels can take part in &#8211; for free! \u201cAccessible tools like these are what get kids to the other side,\u201d says Nico.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicalcaterpillar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore Musical Caterpillar here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and test your musical knowledge!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you gamify the foundations of note reading, ear training, and\u00a0 rhythm practice? 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