Race the Music is a board game that brings together some of the components of the Grade 5 theory exam. The game can be played as one board game or each component can be used separately as a mini game if you have less time or you want to focus on one component.

This instant download workbook has been designed to help students understand the sequencing of intervals in natural minor and harmonic minor scales. It follows on from our Major Scales Workbook. The booklet is available as a pdf so that it can be screen shared with students during virtual teaching or printed out and used by the student at home. The booklet has been designed so that you can introduce the information one bit at a time and use it either as one lesson or broken down into different parts depending on the time available to you and what best suits your student. It has been designed to help students understand both Semi Tones and Tones and the sequence that they appear in, in both the Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor Scale. I designed this workbook inspired by a student of my cousin who was struggling to memorise her scales. We both concluded the student would find it easier if she understood what they were. Hopefully by the end of studying this booklet and playing the games included a student will have an understanding of how a natural minor and harmonic minor scale comes together and will be able to write one out for themselves. My cousin gave the best feedback I could hope for, she said this workbook enabled her to work through the concepts in an organised way and, and this is the good bit, it helped her understand what it is the student does and doesn’t know at this stage. That is so good as teachers, if we can work out what it is our students don’t know we are so much better equipped to help them. I hope this workbook will help your students to understand scales better, feel more confident with them and therefore be able to play them with more confidence, less tension and maybe even enjoy them a bit more! Examples of the pages can be seen in the photographs. Why not add this to your repertoire of teaching tools. Wishing you happy teaching. Also check out our game Major Second Minor Second Shark Chase, a great follow up game to this workbook, and Mikey Music Stands Scale Builder Card Game also available to download from FunMusicMatters.

This instant download workbook has been designed to help flute students understand the sequencing of intervals in natural minor and harmonic minor scales. It follows on from our Major Scales Workbook. The booklet is available as a pdf so that it can be screen shared with students during virtual teaching or printed out and used by the student at home. The booklet has been designed so that you can introduce the information one bit at a time and use it either as one lesson or broken down into different parts depending on the time available to you and what best suits your student. It has been designed to help students understand both Semi Tones and Tones and the sequence that they appear in, in both the Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor Scale. Hopefully by the end of studying this booklet and playing the games included a student will have an understanding of how a natural minor and harmonic minor scale comes together and will be able to write one out for themselves. My cousin gave the best feedback I could hope for, she said this workbook enabled her to work through the concepts in an organised way and, and this is the good bit, it helped her understand what it is the student does and doesn’t know at this stage. That is so good as teachers, if we can work out what it is our students don’t know we are so much better equipped to help them. I hope this workbook will help your students to understand scales better, feel more confident with them and therefore be able to play them with more confidence, less tension and maybe even enjoy them a bit more! Examples of the pages can be seen in the photographs. Why not add this to your repertoire of teaching tools. Wishing you happy teaching. Also check out our game Major Second Minor Second Shark Chase, a great follow up game to this workbook, and Mikey Music Stands Scale Builder Card Game also available to download from FunMusicMatters.

Scales can be challenging to learn and not always the most fun. Available in lots of different designs these Scales Practice Charts have been developed to help students practice and learn their scales. The charts enable teachers to pace the learning to suit their students and break down the learning into smaller chunks, but also vary the practice to keep the momentum going. Once the scales have been learnt use the Challenge it! Cards to test that learning. These Scales Practice Records are blank for teachers to add the scales that the student in learning. There are multiple designs so students and teachers have lots to choose from. Use the chart to either put a date, a tick or even a sticker in the relevant box so that the student knows which level they are working on for each scale. The idea being that students can be working on different scales at different levels, with eventually all scales being in the Challenge it! Box. Starting with writing out the scale, the student takes ownership of the scale by writing it down. The student then moves on to Plat It, Say It with the music, meaning the student should both play the scale on their instrument but also say out loud the notes they are playing, either simultaneously or one after the other. When the student has mastered this section, move them on to Play It, Say It, without the music. The student does the same challenge as before only this time without looking at the music. Once confident with this the student moves on to playing the scale with both slurred and separate patterns. Lastly the student Challenges their knowledge. The Challenge It! cards have been developed to help you challenge your learning. By challenging our learning we see how well we really know something. If you can play your scales whilst making animal impressions, or changing the standard rhythm, or stamping your feet, then you can be sure that you have really learnt them! This is an instant download product for you to print at home. Included are 15 different designs of scale record charts, Challenge It cards for keyboard players, string players and woodwind players. The challenge it cards comes in two different designs each.

A teaching pack to help with the learning of music theory terms. A helpful package to help teachers integrate the learning of music terms into every lesson. Or study at home on your own. The pack includes: A PowerPoint with music theory terms and their meaning - screen share this with your students every lesson and learn a new term. A students learning pack - record your new term on each page and go through the activities to help you remember it’s meaning. Use the pack to make your own flash cards as you learn and use them for games and revision when you’ve got them all. A Teachers check list - to keep track of which terms have been studied with each student. A music theory crossword - test your knowledge with a cross word. Two music theory word searches - test your knowledge with a word search. This pack comes with PowerPoint and teaching pack with a bear design. Also available to buy separately from Fun Music Matters are: Music theory word jumble game and Take your Term to the Music Classroom - a word game

Dynamics teaching pack includes: Instant download dynamics snap game - spot the matching dynamics and shout out their name as well as snap. Be the quickest to spot all the snaps and correctly identify the name of the dynamic to win! Dynamics display posters including pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, crescendo and decrescendo. Two sets included one with the dynamic meaning included and one without. Posters could be used for display purposes or in games with students or as prompts. Dynamics work sheets: I hear with my ear - listen for sounds and write them in the correct dynamic box. Encourage learners to listen as they are out and about to different sounds and think about what dynamic they are.

A card game designed to help students get to grips with scales. This can be played as a one player or two player game. Spending time with scales in ways other than just playing them on an instrument can really help students to memorise the scales and equip them to be able to use them for all the other great things knowing scales can do for our musicianship. Scales can help us develop different techniques, improve our intonation, increase muscle memory to name but a few. Understanding the theory of scales also helps with composition and improvisation skills. This game is aimed at students studying to grade 1 level and comes in the treble clef. This is an instant download game to be printed at home.

A teaching pack to help with the learning of music theory terms. A helpful package to help teachers integrate the learning of music terms into every lesson. Or study at home on your own. The pack includes: A PowerPoint with music theory terms and their meaning - screen share this with your students every lesson and learn a new term. A students learning pack - record your new term on each page and go through the activities to help you remember it’s meaning. Use the pack to make your own flash cards as you learn and use them for games and revision when you’ve got them all. A Teachers check list - to keep track of which terms have been studied with each student. A music theory crossword - test your knowledge with a cross word. Two music theory word searches - test your knowledge with a word search. This pack comes with PowerPoint and teaching pack with a music note and instrument design. Also available to buy separately from Fun Music Matters are: Music theory word jumble game and Take your Term to the Music Classroom - a word game

Are you teaching young children to sing? Do you want fun resources that help them learn scale and interval singing whilst having fun? Then try the Caterpillar song. This is an Instant Download for you to print at home. A simple song that involves racing paper caterpillars. The pack includes instructions for how to make a racing Caterpillar, ideas for how to use the song, tonic Sol-fa cards, a colouring sheet with hidden caterpillars, tonic sol-fa patterns sheet, printable leaves and printable strips for making your caterpillars, lyric sheet, and the notation for the song.

A fun song that helps to teach interval singing in young children, with lots of additional learning points. The pack includes, musical notation for vocal line and piano accompaniment, cut outs for paper rockets, space rhythm cards, alien movement cards, tempo learning sheets, a colouring sheet and a lyric sheet with sol-fa. Great for vocal teachers who are teaching young children either as individuals or in groups, or for parents wanting to help their children engage with singing or music at home.

Music Match It! Sight Singing Edition An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. A game for 2-6 players. Includes 31 cards. Sight Singing Edition- This game has been designed with beginner level musicians in mind. The game is particularly aimed at those learning sight singing. The game has been designed to help draw attention to the elements of the music that need to be observed when sight singing. Learn to spot it and look out for it in our game, then be better prepared to spot it when sight reading! Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play!

Music Match It! Level 2. An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Have you mastered music match it Level 1! Then why not progress and try Level 2. Includes 31 cards. Supporting music learning as you progress. Build a strong foundation of theoretical knowledge while you play this fast and fun spotting game. A key is included so everyone can join in! Level 2 - This game has been designed with music exam board grade 2 level musicians in mind. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play! Please note you are purchasing a file to download and print at home.

Music Match It! Level 5. An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Great for students studying to take grade 5 music theory exams. Have you mastered music match it Level 1, 2, 3 and 4? Then why not progress and try Level 5. Includes 31 cards. Supporting music learning as you progress. Build a strong foundation of theoretical knowledge while you play this fast and fun spotting game. A key is included so everyone can join in! Level 5 - This game has been designed with music exam board grade 5 level musicians in mind. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play!

A card game designed to help and inspire scales practice. Using a game to test and build knowledge can make the playing and learning of scales a much more enjoyable experience. This game can be played as a one or two player game. It can be used by students at home during their practice sessions or with a teacher in small group lessons or with teacher and student as players. Players join the Maestro Monsters for their scale blast tournament. Players play different scales at different challenge levels which score different points. The aim of the game is to keep your Maestro Monsters in play the longest, or to knock out the opponents monsters the fastest. The higher the challenge level, the higher the points achieved.

Music Match It! An instant download card game about matching music symbols, speed, and lots of fun! It’s your job to spot your matching symbol before the other players spot theirs. Includes 31 cards. Music Match It! Piano - This game has been designed with early beginner level piano musicians in mind. The game is particularly suitable for musicians who are just beginning their musical journey. The game contains some musical symbols, piano keys, and some instruments to identify. A key is provided. Download the file, print out the sheets, cut out the cards and play! Please note you are purchasing a file to download and print at home.

A crossword and answer sheet covering music theory terms for grade 1 level.

Available in 53 different designs, choose the design that you want to use for your song and print out as many cards as there are words in the song. Each design comes with 6 cards per sheet of A4. The learner then writes the words on the cards, one word per card. The act of writing out the words one at a time helps the learner to engage with the words in a physical way. Just as when young children are learning to read and write we encourage them to make marks and form letters using not only pens and paper but moulding clays or writing letters in the sand, the simple act of writing out the words help us notice and receive them in a new way. You might find a design that reflects the mood or the theme of the song amongst the 53 different styles. Or you might just like to choose one that you like. If we find our learning tools visually pleasing we’re much more likely to pick them up and use them. Here’s some suggestions for how you can use your cards: Shuffle the cards and then lay them out putting the words in the correct order. Lay out the cards in the correct order, remove some of the cards, see if you are able to sing the words correctly with just a few missing. Continue to remove a few cards at a time, checking to see if you can remember all the words before you remove some more, until there are no cards left. Use the cards to help you understand your prompt words. Prompt words are those words that prompt you to remember a whole line. You might have three of four prompt words in a verse of a song. They might be the first word of each line or they might not. Once you have established which are your prompt words, lay out only those cards and practice reciting the words. Use your cards to help you see structure and repetition in the song words, count how many times a word or a phrase is repeated. Use your lyric cards to remove you from the music and focus only on the story of the song. Lay out your cards and practice reciting your words as a poem. If we really understand what it is we are saying we will more accurately express the meaning of the song. Use your lyric cards to help you find the natural accents of the words of the song. Lay out your cards and recite the words of the song. Where do the natural stresses of the words fall. Imagine you are reciting them as a poem aloud. This can be particularly useful for music from the Baroque era. But it can be useful for music of any era.

A set of solfege cards that can be used for various games, interval and sight singing practice.

A set of minor scale solfege cards that can be used for various games, interval and sight singing practice.

A game that helps beginner level musicians learn about note lengths. A matching pairs game that can be played with 2-6 players. Take it in turns to try and find your small rhythm bears, when you have found them all, find your large musician bear to win the game! With two options of board, Kodály inspired rhythm sounds on one and note length on the other you can inspire learning through play! A key is included for those unfamiliar with note lengths to join in. Help support your beginner level musicians to build a strong foundation through play. For music teachers this game goes brilliantly with The Kodály Inspired Rhythm Game (also available from FunMusicMatters) which involves movement. Learn the rhythms using The Kodály Inspired Rhythm Game and support and solidify that learning with Rhythm Bear Pairs.