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
Students need to be able to instantly recognise a note and play it on their instrument. Put them on the fast track to success with the 60 Second Challenge! How to Use Turn on a timer/stopwatch. Hold up one card at a time for your student. They must name each note and play it on … Read more
Rhythm dictation is not the most glamourous or engaging part of music theory. But it can be made much more so if done in an interactive group setting. In Rhythm Pass students each get a turn to create and dictate a rhythm for others to note down. This ensures that all students are listening and … Read more
Use the Keyboard Builder with your new piano students to help them find the groups of two and three black keys and understand the patterns of the piano keyboard. This is a great activity in particular for preschool piano students or students with special needs who need more direct practice of finding these patterns. How … Read more