Inversion Diversions is the crazy, zig-zaggy game you need to drill major chords and their inversions. Students move across the board in different patterns while identifying chords either on the staff or on the keyboard (your choice). This one is challenging but super fun – especially for those intermediate tweens and teens. How to Play Choose … Read more
Practicing the skips alphabet is a great way to find any note on the staff – FAST. This game is particularly good for students in Piano Safari, but is a great aid for students of any method and instrument. Psst! If you’re ordering from Piano Safari, use the code VMT10 to get 10% off your … Read more
These listening sheets challenge intermediate students to pay attention for intricate details in the music. What’s the form? Was there a perfect cadence? This bingo game is a great jumping off point for many discussions in group and private lessons. How to Play Give each player one bingo card and a pen/marker. Choose a suitable … 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
Take a “Rest” is a board game that reinforces two key concepts (that can be tricky to explain). Firstly, the small stepping stones serve as half moves and students move there if they get a quaver (eighth note) card. Secondly as the name suggests, players sit out a turn if they receive a rest card. … 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
Star Seekers could be played at the first lesson with an older newbie, or in the first few months for younger students. In this game students must give the time name or number of beats of basic note values to progress around the board and be victorious. How to Play Each player places a counter … Read more
In Spell-a-staff students fill in as many music words as they possibly can in the time. This is a wonderful way to practice note naming at a group lesson, without it feeling like a chore. Laminate the cards and use whiteboard/dry wipe markers so you can use the game again and again. How to Play … Read more
Drilling Italian music terms is not what most kids would call fun. But jumping around and trying to convey “Giocoso” to other students without words? Now that sounds like a hoot! How to Play Put all the cards in a hat or bag. Choose the first performer and ask them to draw a card from … Read more
Do your students struggle to really think in a key signature? Then Signature Sprint is the perfect game for you! In this game students have to make their way up the piano stepping on the correct piano keys for the key signature card in their hand. Plus, you can easily adapt this to different levels … Read more