I love to introduce the concept of chord symbols early on to my piano students. The freedom of playing from lead sheets not only allows them to play more interesting music early on with basic primary chord progressions, but it also opens the door for them to create and improvise using different left-hand patterns.
Remembering all of the traditional chord symbols can be a bit overwhelming for younger students.
I created this Free Printable V Chord Family Reunion Game to help my piano students solidify their knowledge of triad and seventh chord inversion symbols that are introduced in Piano Pronto Movement 2. It can be played with a music teacher and student for a quick lesson opener or be played with a larger group at group lessons. If you were choosing the family reunion fun would you rather parachute or hike? In this game you get to do both!
V Family Reunion Gameboard
Triad and Seventh Chord Cards
Players start their 2 game pieces at the beginning of Triad Trail and 7th Heaven and then take turns drawing chord cards to move along the path that matches their chord. The "trade places" card can create a surprise ending! For a quick game, whoever has a game piece that reaches the end of the Triad Trail or 7th Heaven wins or for a longer game players can be required to have both of their game pieces reach the end of the trails.
I like how this game also doubles as a great interval identification review because students must identify intervals to determine the chord names.
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