Legend of the Ledgers helps students to get to grips with the ledger lines, how they function, and how to name notes on ledger lines. Students move around the board using intervals and naming the notes as they go. (Game play direction takes some practice, do refer to the instruction sheet for this one.) How … Read more
Are your students ready for Finger Footsteps? In this game, students literally walk their fingers up the board to reinforce the relationship between steps and skips on the staff, and physical movement. (Even more fun when the fingers get in a little traffic jam!) How to Play Each player places finger 2 and 3 on … Read more
This is a super game that can be played at two levels. If students are just getting to grips with intervals you can allow them to count it out – however your more advanced students must leap forward to the right spot. It’s a hoot and a half when they fall all the way back … Read more
Have you ever wished you had a game that mixed levels of students could play together on an equal footing? Symbol Splash is the answer. There are four levels which can be used simultaneously on the one game board – so your little beginner can play alongside the tween prepping for her grade 3 theory … Read more
Landmark Landmines is a super quick student favourite that you can play at any private or group lesson. Beginner students start at the bottom of the staff and step and skip their way up – getting bonus turns for naming landmark notes along the way. How to Play Each player places a counter on one … Read more
Bobbing for apples? How ’bout bobbing for intervals instead? In this game students try to match up intervals to get a full set of apples, and learn to recognise different intervals quickly in the process. How to Play The goal of the game is to get a matching set of 4 of the same interval. … Read more
Haunted Hillwalk is a comprehensive music theory game that tests intermediate students’ understanding of intervals, rhythms, notes and terms. This is an excellent game to use in preparation for an upcoming test or exam, or at any spookily themed occasion. How to Play Place a game token for each player on the “Start” space. Shuffle … Read more
Fiendish Fishiness is a super fun game for reviewing a variety of music concepts for students at the late beginner level, or those between level 1 and level 2 of most method book series. Instead of a die, students move forward using interval cards and need to answer questions if they want to keep their … Read more
This board game is a fantastic addition to a Christmas group lesson, camp or the last lesson before your studio’s holiday break. In this game, beginner students need to name notes and identify steps and skips in order to make it all the way to the star at the top of the tree. Watch out … Read more
Make sure your beginners graduate from the primer level with this awesome review board game. Branch Boulevard covers beginning note names on the staff, simple note values, and steps and skips. This game is the perfect way to make sure these foundational concepts are really solid before moving on to the next stage. How to … Read more