Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Musical Parcheesi



The game cards are a mix of flashcards of cards with types of notes. If they draw a card with a staff, they figure out what letter it is and move to that letter on the gameboard. If they were to draw the other type of card and it is a half note, they move 2 spaces forward, etc.

I also made little cards on blue paper that are "blue bonus cards" with miscellaneous piano and music trivia questions.  If they land on a blue space on the gameboard, they get a chance at answering a bonus question. If they get it right, they can move 3 extra spaces forward.
A few examples of the bonus questions:

  • General music trivia
  • What is a composer?
  • How many spaces are on a staff?
  • Fill in the blanks:  Every  __________  Boy ____________  _____________  *or substitute with whatever phrase you teach students to remember treble clef lines
  • Fill in the blanks:  __________  Cows __________  ___________  *or substitute with whatever phrase you teach students to remember bass clef spaces
  • What is tempo?
  • What are dynamics?
  • Name 2 famous composers.
  • What is a composer?
  • What is a staff?
  • Piano specific trivia
  • What were white keys on a piano made of a long time ago before we started using plastic?
  • How many keys does a piano have?
  • What does the damper pedal (on the right) do on a piano?