#Aural training lecture pdf
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I put each sheet in a plastic sheet protector and gave them a dry erase marker with a piece of felt so they could re-use the sheet for each piece they heard. I hope your students enjoy this fun, versatile game! Tagged games, music, piano teaching, rhythm 3 CommentsĪs I mentioned last week, during my recent Piano Party/recital rehearsal I gave a listening sheet to my young beginners to complete as they listened to their fellow students perform.

Swat-A-Term - After the teacher reads a definition of a musical term, students must swat the card with the correct term.

The teacher plays random sections on the piano, and students must swat which two-measure section they heard.

Swat-A-Melody – Cut a short piece of sheet music into two-measure pieces.

Swat-An-Interval – After the teacher plays an interval on the piano, the students swat the interval card they heard.

(If you need some piano key cards, click here.) Or, the teacher holds up a piano key flashcard and students swat cards that say A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.

Swat-A-Piano-Key – After the teacher calls out a letter, students swat the corresponding piano key flashcard.

(If you need some alphabet cards, click here.) Or, do it backwards: Hold up a staff note-naming flashcard, and students swat cards that say A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.

Swat-A-Note – The teacher calls out a letter of the musical alphabet, and students must swat the flashcard with the correct note on the staff.

It is sometimes challenging to come up with good aural-based games, but I think this one is a winner! My students had fun with the colorful fly swatters, and the game provided an incentive to listen closely to the rhythm.

#Aural training lecture download

You can download it on the Printables > Games page, by scrolling down to the S’s for Swat-A-Rhythm Game.

#Aural training lecture pdf

I’ve created a free pdf with the bug cards and game instructions. (Note: You may wish to stress that anyone who swats before the teacher finishes clapping the rhythm cannot win the point.) The player with the most bugs at the end of the game is the winner. After the teacher finishes clapping the rhythm on one of the cards, the first student to swat the correct card earns a bug card. Spread the rhythm cards out on the floor, within reach of each player. Bug cards (optional), for keeping track of points.(If you don’t already have some, I have a pdf of rhythm cards available for purchase here in my shop. 5-8 different cards with rhythm examples.My local Dollar Tree store is currently selling some colorful fly swatters for 2/$1.00. 🙂 I also have some ideas for varying the game for concepts besides rhythm - such as notes, intervals, melodies, and terms. In any case, I will describe the way I played this game with my students. I have seen many variations of this game on various forums and websites, so I am not sure who to credit with the original idea. At last Saturday’s Piano Party with my students, we played a fun game that I call the Swat-A-Rhythm game.