Great Classroom Quiz Procedure

I decided to try playing music during a quiz, just relaxing piano music (by Jim Brickman to be exact). The students groaned a little when I first proposed the idea, but I told them just to try it, and then after that we could vote before every quiz and test whether or not to play the music. Now, they love it. We take a vote every time, and there are always shouts of “Music!” It makes them calm down, because they do get very nervous before a test or quiz. They even hum along with the music now. It’s great.