One of the hardest things about doing online lessons as a vibrant teacher is that we don’t have access to our beautiful games library! This means we need to rethink a few things, for sure, but there’s no reason for online lessons to become dry and dull. Try out these games and bring the fun … Read more
The first step to scale mastery is understanding the pattern of semitones and tones (whole steps and half steps), but it can take a bit of practice to internalize that pattern. Scale Ascent is a fast-paced game to reinforce the pattern for major scales, minor scales, or any other scale of your choice. Move up … Read more
Ever have trouble convincing a student that the circle of fifths is a good thing? Circle of Chance is an adaptable game which gives students plenty of experience using the circle as a tool to decipher the mysteries of key signatures and scales. After playing this game, they’ll be calling the circle of fifths their … Read more
If you need a way to ramp up the excitement for your students to correctly name and play notes or do clap backs and sing backs, then here it is! Piano Pyramid encourages students build a pyramid of random objects on their piano, adding another piece to the pile with each successful turn. If they … Read more
Piece Prance is a great way to get to know a piece inside-and-out without ever touching a piano. Working their way from the end of a piece they are working on to the very beginning, students can recognise recurring patterns and themes while gaining the same familiarity with the last few bars of the piece … Read more
Baroque Boulevard is a beautiful opportunity to explore the Baroque era, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on the … Read more
Romantic Road is a beautiful opportunity to explore the Romantic era, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on the … Read more
Jazz Journey is a beautiful opportunity to explore the history of jazz, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on … Read more
Classical Causeway is a beautiful opportunity to explore the Classical era, with plenty of silliness thrown in! This game will not “test” your students’ knowledge but rather give them information to spark curiosity and actions and discussion points to make their new knowledge stick. HOW TO PLAY Place a token for each player on the … Read more
Sometimes the simplest games are the best! This note value memory game includes only a few beginner note values which students need to match to numbers of animals and numeral digits. HOW TO PLAY Memory (1 player): Lay out all the cards face down. Turn over one pair at a time. If they match, set … Read more