Piano Game Resource List

My Favorite Piano Game Resources

This post includes printable piano games organized by concept and level that make great lesson starters. For online games and activities view my free piano lesson plans for Piano Adventures and Piano Pronto or use the online activities list with any method book.

Fingering

• CK Finger Twister (1) Piano Finger Numbers

Music Alphabet, Piano Key Names

• HPN  Fast Hands (1) Music Alphabet Steps
• PN Alphabet Trail (1) Piano Key Names + Staff Reading Prep
• PN Keyboard Note Cards  (1) Piano Key Names
• PN Music Alphabet Cards (1)
• PN Flashcard BINGO (1)
• SP Snowflake/Shamrock Keys (1-2) Piano Key Names + Sharp/Flat
• SP Cover the Keys (1) Piano Key Names

Note Reading

• HPN Staff Eater (1-3) Line and Space #s
• HPN Music Staff Monkeys  (1-3) Stepping Alphabet on Staff
• HPN Piano Snackmats (1-3) 
• 4D Directional Bingo (1-3)  Melodic Pattern Ear Training
• TPT Nuts About Notereading (1-3)
• LMS Candyland (1-3) Piano Keys and Staff Note Names
• PP Piano Playing Cards (2-5) Piano Keys and Staff Note Names
• PN Grand Staff Twister  (1-3)
• PN Toss-A-Note  (1-3) Staff Note Names and Intervals
• SP Music Staff Battleship (1-3) Staff Note Names
• CK Diatonic Dominoes (2-3) Staff Note Names
• PN Flashcard BINGO (1-4)
• SNS Grandstaff Uno (1-4) Staff Note Names
• SP Staff Fish (1-4) Staff Note Names
• CK Landmark Landmines (1-5) Landmark Note Names
• SP Staff Skittles (1-3) Staff Note Names
• SP Celebrate (1-4) Staff Note Names (Birthday)
• LMS  Tic Tac Toe (1-4) or HPS Don't Eat the Poison Pumpkin (Staff Note Names
• SP Note FlySwat (1-5) Staff Note Names
• TPT Heave Ho Ho (2-5) Landmark C's 
• TPT Note Reading Ruckus (2-5) G Pentascales 
• HPN Sorry Staff Sliders  (1-5) Staff Note Names  
• HPN Slalom Note Spelling Bee (2-5) using PN Music Alphabet Word Cards  
• SP Steal a Heart(4-6) Ledger Line Notes

Musical Terms and Symbols

• PN Simon Says Symbols (1-3)
• PN Over the Edge (Rhythm Symbols Version) (1-2)
• PN Note and Rest Memory Cards (1-2)
• CK Don't Leaf Me! (1) Naming Music Terms/Symbols
• CK Symbol Splash (1-3) Naming Music Terms/Symbols
• HPN Tie Track Slur Slope (2-3) Distinguishing between Ties  & Slurs
• PN Dynamic Memory Cards  (1-3)
• PN Symbol Memory Cards Set #1  (3-4)
• PN Symbol Memory Cards Set #2  (3-4)
• SP Music Bingo (1-3)
• SP Musical Christmas Lights (1-4) adapted for Pictionary
• SP Silly Sentences (Manner of the Music Term) (2-5)
• MMF Call It (3-5)
• Middle C I See (Spot-it) (1-5) Naming Music Terms/Symbols
• AIM Term Matchups (1-5) Defining Music Terms/Symbols
• MMF Musical 20 ?s (1-5)
• Quizlet.com Heidispiano (1-5) Defining Music Terms/Symbols

Rhythm

• SP Quarter Note Hunt (1) Identifying Rhythm Symbols
• SP Rhythm Memory (1) Matching Rhythm Values
• SP RhythmFish (1) Matching Rhythm Values
• HPS Teacher May I Build  Measure (1)
• SNS Mitten Match aka Dead Bug Slug (1-5)
• SP Counting Up the Mountain (1) Rhythm Values QHDW
• SP Rhythm Round About (1) Note/Rest Naming
• TPT Rainbow Robbers (1) Rhythm Values QHDW
• TPT Rhythm Ninja (1) Rhythm Patterns w/ Actions QHDW 3/4 & 4/4
• 4D Rhythm Playing Cards Go Fish/War (1-5) Note/Rest Naming & Values
• SP Bats and Cats (1) Adding Rhythm Values
• MMF Who's the Leader (1-5) Group Rhythm 
• Pumpkin/Candy Bar Rhythms Trick or Treat (1-3)
• Rhythm Addition (1-2)
• TPT Mystery @ Measure Mansion (1-3)
• PN Build a Measure  in the Bed Bug Hotel (1-4)
• CK Time Signature Honk (2-4) Measure/Time Signature
• CIMP Bang Rhythms (1-3) Clap and Count Rhythms
• TPT Rollin' Rhythms (2-3) Clap and Count 4/4 Rhythms
• NM Rally with Rhythms (3) Multiple Rhythm Concepts
• PN Somethings Missing (3-4) Measure/Time Signature
• Lego Rhythm Construction Race with LMS Rhythm Flashcards (1-5)
• LMS Musical Yahtzee (4-5) Adding Rhythm Values

Whole/Half Step, Accidentals, Enharmonics

• PN Crazy Keys (1-2) Keyboard Whole/Half Steps & Sharps/Flats
• PN Whole Step-Half Step Sprint (1-2) Staff Whole/Half Steps
• PN Lonely Note (2) Enharmonic Note Matching
• PN Sharp and Flat Memory Cards  (2)
• Accidental Placement Worksheet (2)
• SP Don't Swipe My Sharp (2) Sharps/Flats on Keys
• PA Enharmonic Snap (2)
• PN Accidental Adventure (2-3)

Intervals

• SP Step Skipping Along (1)
• HPS M&Ms Stepping up the Staff (1)
• PN Step and Skip Race for Staff or Keyboard (1)
• PN Floor Staff Hockey  (2-3)
• PN Interval Towers – Elementary Level (2-4)
• PN Interval Word Race (2-4)
• NM Musical Interval Sorry *(2-4)
• SP Interval Bingo (2-4) 
• TPT Wintervals (2-4)
• SW Interval Sorry (2-4)
• TPT Pursuit of Happiness (2-4) Finding Intervals in Pieces
• TPT Keyboard Krazies (2-4)
• PN Over the Edge (Interval Version) (2-4)
• Interval Memory Cards (3-way match) (2-4)
• PA Interval Octopus (2-4) 
• PN Interval Towers – Intermediate Level (5+)
• Interval Identification Worksheet (Major, minor & Perfect) (6-7)
• Interval Construction Worksheet (Major, minor & Perfect) (6-7)

Ear Training

• CIMP Rainy Rhythm Short/Long* (1)
• CIMP Rhythm Magnet (1-3) Identifying Note Values by Ear
• 4D Directional Bingo Ear Training (1-3)   Identifying Stepping Melodic Patterns
• PP High & Low (1)
• PP Piano Snack Mats Fast/Slow, Short/Long(1)
• HPN Piano Pattern Bingo (1-4) Scales, Arpeggios, Chord Progressions etc.
• PN Candy Listening Bingo (2-5) Intervals
• TPT Don't Catch Cats (2-4) Eight NoteRhythm Ear Training 
• HPN Rhythm Match and Build (1-5)
• PA Major Minor Match (2-3)
• HPN 4 Scale Sisters Ear Training (3-5) Major and 3 minor Scale ET
• HPN Interval Race (3-5) no printable

Stem Placement

• PN Simple Stems (3) Note Stem Rules
• PA Quirky Birds (3)
• CK Note Stem Smash (3) Note Stem Rules
• Pyramid Race Ear Training and Improv.com (3)

Chords

• Quizlet Roman Numerals Chord Symbols (1-5)
• HPN Collect a Chord (3-5)
• NM Curvy Chords*  (4-5)
• LMS Go Fish Tonic Triads (4-6)
• HPN Chord Match (4-6) Triads and 7th Chords
• CK Inversion Diversion (5-7)
• PN Tasty Triads (5-7)
• MMF Chord Building (5-6) 
• Chord Crush Hook Theory ET (6)
• PN Connect-a-Chord (7)

Scales

• 4D 5 Finger Pattern Games (1-2) Visual 5FPs
• HPN TetraChord Tango (2-3) Tetrachords/1 8va Scale Pattern
• PN Scale Step Manipulative Cards (4)
• SP Whole Half Step Game (3-5) 1 8va Patterns
• MMF Sing it! Play it! Write it! (3-5)
• HPN Speedy Scale Builders (3-5)
• HPN 4 Scale Sisters Ear Training (3-5) Major and 3 minor Scale ET
• HPN Scale Degrees (4-5) Scale Degree Names

Practice/Performance

• 4D Recital Bingo (1-5) Performance Tips
• PP Practice Bingo (1-5) Practice Strategies
• HPN Smart Sliders (1-5) S.M.A.R.T Practice Goals

Key Signatures

• SP 9 Keys (5)
• PN Dizzy Fifths Spinner Game (5-7)
• NM Musical Sequence (5-6) 
• PN Key Signature BINGO (6-7)
• PN Key Signature Memory Cards (3-way match) (6-7)

Music History

• LPS Composer Old Maid/Matchup (1-5)
• HPN Composer Fruit Basket (1-5) 
• MMF Composer Trading Game like PIT (1-5)

Composition/Improv

• CIMP Improv/Composition Idea Cards * (1-5)
• HPN Variation Cards (1-5)
• PE Halloween Composing Game (2-5) Improv on Minor Scale/ Note ID
• TPT Tinker (4-5) Musical Motives
• HPN Melodic Motif Bingo (4-5) Sequence, Diminution, Retrograde, etc.

Multi-Concept

• NM Minute to Win it & HPS More Minute to Win It (1-5)
• PN The Really, Really Long Music Race (Multiple Concept Review)
• SP Pot Of Gold (1-5)
• SP Chasing the Turkey (1-5)
• SP Save the Turkey (1-3)
• SP New Year Review (1-2)
• CIMP Adventures in Music(1-3)
• HPN Piano Cranium (1-5)
• LMS Christmas Tree Folder Game (1-5)
• HPN Musical Jenga (1-5)
• CIMP Bang (1-5) adapt by using flashcards for various concepts
• Bonus Cards (use these to turn any set of flashcards into a deck of game cards)

Piano Bloggers

Thanks to all of these fabulous bloggers for generously sharing their creative ideas!
Susan Paradis.com (SP)
Pianimation by Jen Fink (PN) - No Longer Available
Color in My Piano by Joy Morin (CIMP)
Colourful Keys by Nicola Cantan (CK)
Pianoanne by Anne Crosby Gaudet (PA) - No Longer Available
Music Matters by Natalie Wickham (MM)
Layton Music Studio by D'Net Layton (LMS)
Notable Music Studio by Sheryl Welles (NM)
Piano Escapades by Wendy Chan (PE)
Sing a New Song by Jeana Beasley (SNS)
The Playful Piano by Jenny Boster (PP)
Teach Piano Today by Andrea and Trevor Dow (TPT)
4D Piano Teaching by Spring Seals (4D)
Brought to you by HPN
(Heidi's Piano Notes by Heidi Neal)

More Free Piano Teaching Resources

For more creative fun check out my Online Piano Activities organized by concept and level or view this video of a workshop I taught highlighting some of my favorite games and creative activities for Maximizing Learning in Music Lessons.

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