Many of the piano games we share are head-to-head battles. With our newest primer piano ear training game, we’re taking a different approach.
Rhythm Flip is a collaborative activity where teachers and students work together to complete the game.
While competition is always fun, working together improves the teacher-student relationship that is so important to a good lesson experience.
You can download Rhythm Flip at the bottom of today’s post.
Primer Piano Ear Training
Let’s be honest, note reading is the star of the piano game world. Teachers and parents are always concerned about note reading skills.
This is because a wrong note played by a student is glaringly obvious during a piano performance.
An incorrectly played rhythm on the other hand, can sneak under the radar if the audience isn’t familiar with the song.
But ignoring ear training is very detrimental to long-term progress.
While an audience may not recognize an incorrect rhythm, a piano student certainly will. Furthermore, if a piano student rarely reinforces rhythm skills, she will be dissatisfied with her piano experience because the tunes she wants to play will never sound familiar.
It is important, therefore, to reinforce ear training in every piano lesson.
This is easily accomplished with piano games like Rhythm Flip!
Before You Download Rhythm Flip
While Rhythm Flip can be played as a standalone activity, it is designed to coordinate with the WunderKeys Primer Piano Book Series.
Jam-packed with age-appropriate piano pieces, off-the-bench activities, and game-based learning, WunderKeys Primer Piano Book One reinforces keyboard awareness and early note reading in an environment carefully crafted to meet the physical capabilities of young piano students.
The book’s engaging illustrations, hilarious dialogue, and step-by-step scaffolding approach combine to create the resource that piano teachers, piano parents, and piano students have been waiting for.
Click here or on the cover below to learn more.
How To Play Rhythm Flip
To begin, follow the download instructions at the bottom of the post. After downloading the game you will receive a file with the required playing cards.
- To set up the game, the student places the nine playing cards on the table so the Squirrel Sides are facing up.
- Next, the teacher selects any card, removes it out of view from the student, and claps the rhythm on the Rabbit Side.
- The student examines the cards remaining on the table and locates the rhythm on the Squirrel Side that matches the rhythm clapped by the teacher.
- When the matching card is found, the student removes it out of view of the teacher and claps the rhythm on the Rabbit Side.
- The teacher examines the cards remaining on the table and locates the rhythm on the Squirrel Side that matches the rhythm clapped by the student.
- When the matching card is found, the teacher removes it out of view of the student and claps the rhythm on the Rabbit Side.
- Players continue alternating turns until all cards are removed from the table.
- Important: Only the rhythms displayed on the Rabbit Side get clapped.
Download Rhythm Flip
Click on the first button below to download Rhythm Flip from the Members Only Printables section of the Growing With WunderKeys Toolkit. Sort by “Ear Training” to find it.
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