Musical Note Spoons | Free Piano Teaching Game (Digital Print)

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Objective: To help build sight reading skills by reviewing notes on the staff and learning to quickly correlate notes with each other (steps, skips, etc.).  A player wins when he/she has consecutive notes that either ascend or descend.

 

 

 

 

Materials:

• Music note flashcards (Subscribe to our emails for a free set, or use your own set)
• Spoons (you will need one less spoon than the amount of players you have)

 

Players needed: works best with at least 3 players, more is better

 

Game Set-up:

 

Each player is given four cards (3 cards for less of a challenge, 5 cards for more of a challenge).  The rest of the pile sits next to player #1.

Spoons are placed in the center of the group – 1 less spoon per amount of players.

 

 

Game Play: 

 

Player #1 picks up a card from the pile, decides if he/she wants to keep that card, then places down a card to the next player so that player #1 maintains 3 cards in their hand.  Player #2 repeats the process.

The last player makes a “discard” pile that can then be used again if needs be.  Once a player has 3 consecutive cards, they can grab a spoon.  Whoever is not able to grab a spoon before the other players is “out”.

This is a fast paced game!  Don’t let it stress your students out…the more they play, the better they will get at it!  It takes skill to look at a note and be able to figure out it’s correlation with the other notes in your hand!

 

 

 

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