Tag Archives: games

Music Motor Match – A Rhythm Matching Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 May 2012

A large percentage of my studio right now is beginner/early elementary students.  I like having simple and short games to play with them at the end of the lesson that reinforce concepts we are learning in their books.  Motor Music Match is a game that I created with these things in mind.  Take a look: [...]

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Rhythm Value Cards for Dictation and More

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 April 2012

Here they are…the rhythm value cards I mentioned in my post yesterday!

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Piano Party Success!

By joy (admin) | Published: 16 April 2012

On Saturday, I held a Piano Party for my students.  It was basically a group lesson and rehearsal for our Spring Recital which is coming up in a few weeks.  Most of my students have never met each other, so this was a good opportunity for them to learn a little about each other and [...]

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The Amazing Keyboard Race

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 March 2012

I had a wonderful extended weekend in Michigan, giving my presentations and spending time with my family!  Now I’m busy back at work, playing catch-up.  :)  However, I do have a little game I’d like to share with you today. I am not the original inventor of this game, I’m sure — but in case [...]

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Just Added: Piano Finger Twister game

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 February 2012

I have a new game to share today: Piano Finger Twister!

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DIY Floor Music Staff for $10

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 February 2012

I’ve been wanting a floor staff for a long time.  Now I finally have one!

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Musical Instruments Quizzing/Sorting game

By joy (admin) | Published: 31 January 2012

My Homeschool Class and my Piano Readiness Class both recently finished their Musical Instruments Workbooks.  We usually complete just two pages each class, so it took us awhile to get through it! Now that we’ve finished it, we’ve been playing a fun little sorting/quizzing game using the deck of instrument cards that came with my [...]

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My Christmas Recital – Slideshow of Photo Highlights

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 December 2011

As promised, here is a slideshow of photos from my student’s recent Christmas recital/party.  Enjoy! Click here to read about the three games we played after the recital.

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Christmas Recital/Party Success! – Games

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 December 2011

Well, my students’ Christmas party/recital was a success!   What a great way to finish off the year. The recital took place in my home.  Whenever my college music history textbooks mentioned Schubertiads, I used to dream about the idea of having informal music performance parties in my home.  Since my studio is still small, [...]

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Just Added: Musical Flashcard Sorting game

By joy (admin) | Published: 16 December 2011

This is a simple game to play with groups of students that makes note-naming flashcards a bit more interesting.   It involves sorting the flashcards onto alphabet letter signs on the floor, as pictured on the right (the “A” flashcards would go in the blank space on the right side of the page). The game [...]

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Make Me A Rhythm! game

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 November 2011

I was recently browsing some forums online and found a description of this game by a music educator.  It sounds like a great game to use with large groups of students — perhaps for group lessons or summer camps.  I asked the music educator if I could post about the game on my blog, and [...]

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“Musical Hopscotch” game

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 November 2011

About year ago, Sheryl Welles posted on her blog about a “Twister Hopscotch” game that she modified into a wonderful music game.  Basically, all you have to do is use Avery circle stickers of some kind to make the spinner into a music spinner with rhythmic note values. Here’s how the game works: In advance, [...]

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