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
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
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
This is a much more fun version of a note speller worksheet. The music words are on cards which can be drawn at random from a hat, and if you laminate the staff cards they can act as whiteboard that can be used again and again. Turn on a timer or add a competitor to … Read more
Relative Rhythm cards are one my favourite tools for students of all ages. The idea is really very simple: all the note values are represented in relative size to each other. So, a crotchet (quarter note) is half the width of a minim (half note) and double the width of a quaver (eighth note). Use … Read more