If you’re using the landmark note approach to reading, those notes need lots of review. Games like Landmark Xs and Os can provide that reinforcement – without your students even realising it. Switch out the flashcards and try this game instead! How to Play This is a two-player game. Choose 1 game board to play … 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
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
This is an awesome way to turn a floor staff into the best group lesson ever. Use the note name spinner to make your staff into the classic twister game with all the falling over and giggles that come with that great game. How to Play Each player in turn should spin the spinner and … 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 note name twist on the classic memory game can be played with one or two players to review the notes in middle C position. The emoji theme makes this extra fun – ask your students to imitate the faces whenever they turn a card over for extra giggles. How to Play Solo version Lay … Read more
In Diatonic Dominoes, students are working to either match tied note values, or notes on the staff with their note names. This is a fun and unique way to practice these beginning skills and works particularly well in partner or overlapping lessons. How to Play Choose whether to play with blue or yellow side of … Read more
Christmas Tree Matchup works great in group lessons and adapts very well as a team game for large groups of students. Use this game in group or private lessons before the Christmas break to give the beginning music theory the boost it needs before the holidays. How to Play The goal is to match up … 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
