Monday, February 16, 2026

Elementary Piano Festival Music Playlists

 

ELEMENTARY LEVEL 1 & 2 PIANO PIECES




Similar in Level to Piano Adventures  Primer/1 or Piano Pronto Prelude/1 or Hal Leonard 1 & 2
Click the image to view the Elem 1 &2  piece choices/booklist  that includes links to the books containing each piece.



LATE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 3 PIANO PIECES



Similar in Level to Piano Adventures 2A/2B or Piano Pronto 2 or Hal Leonard 3 

Click the image to view the Elem 3 piece choices/booklist  that includes links to the books containing each piece.



LATER ELEMENTARY/EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 4 PIANO PIECES

Click the image to view the Later Elementary Level 4 Playlist/books that includes links to the books containing each piece.


Similar in Level to Piano Adventures 3A or Piano Pronto 3 or Hal Leonard 4 

EI Romantic/Modern/Recent Calm Piano Festival YouTube Playlist

Baroque Classical Lively Piano Festival YouTube Playlist

*All pieces on the playlist/books have not yet been added for this level


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Music Terms Rap and Games

This month our piano studio focus is theory, terms and signs. I love finding fun ways to teach music terms to piano students!

I have used many engaging activities like Quizlet matching games, music theory art, Musical Headbandz and Split Second, and Piano Cranium. 


Music Dictionary Rap

But this month I'm starting out one of my group lessons  with this Music Dictionary Rap from Piano Adventures Gold Star.


Music Flashcard Game Variation

Typically my students start out lessons with a quick game like music term memory match. Instead of playing this typical memory style with cards face down, to introduce relatively new terms and signs I first play a face up version. I like how this variation combines both skill and an element of chance so that any player can win. If the teacher is playing with the student, I even the playing field a bit by saying the teacher doesn't get to "steal on sixes" because they have an unfair advantage of already knowing all the answers. 

Divide the cards into 2 piles, one pile for the term or symbol and one pile for the matching answer.
Shuffle the cards and place them face up. 

Students then roll a die to determine how many cards they get to collect by guessing the sets of cards that are a match. 
If they roll an odd number (1,3, or 5) they guess just one match. 
If they roll an even number (2 or 4) they guess two matches. 
If they roll a 6 they get to steal a match from the opponent of their choice. 
The winner is the player with the most card matches at the end.

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