This game has got to be one of my students all time favorites! I first found this idea off of teachpianotoday.com. We played it once and my students were hooked.
They now ask to play this as often as I will let them! Be careful — don’t teach them this game before you are good and ready to have some serious fun!
Level: Beginner
Objective: To review note & rest names and values
Materials:
- Click here to download Music Note & Rest Cards (you may want to print out multiple sets of these cards depending on the size of group you are playing with)
Music Notes & Rests (0 downloads)
Players needed: at least 2 or more
Game Play:
Evenly divide the cards among the group of students. Each player keeps their stack of cards face down. Each student takes a turn flipping over a card. The player that plays the note or rest of the highest value, takes all the cards and adds it to their own stack of cards.
The objective is to get all the cards in your hand.
A note “trumps” a rest. So if a whole note and a whole rest come up against each other, than the note wins the round.
If the highest value is tied with another player, then there is WAR! Each player that tied, flips over a card until they are able to beat out the other player and win all the cards in that round.
This game sure gets them excited as they quickly realize that whole notes and rests are highly valued! Talk about a quick and easy way to get the students to learn and remember the note & rest names and values quickly!
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Tel loves her life as a piano player, a piano teacher, and a mom. Amid piano blogging, piano teaching, and piano playing, she loves a chance to fit in a good exercise class, volunteer at her kids’ school and at her church, and go on long dates with her husband. Full bio at About Tel.
