Beginner Bundle 1 - Beginning Music Theory Games - Printable

Get your students off to a great musical start with this beginning music theory bundle! Our first beginning music theory bundle includes three games that will help your students develop understanding and mastery with dynamics, rhythm, piano keys, and note reading. The three beginning music theory games included are Dynamic Den (music dynamics), Counting Caterpillars (rhythms in simple meter), and Keyboard Kittens (keyboard geography and notes on staff). You can play these music games with your students from Day 1 of lessons! Save 10% with this Beginner Music Theory Game Bundle!

A look inside the Beginner Music Theory Games Bundle 1:

You will receive 3 complete music theory games:

• Dynamic Den
• Counting Caterpillars
• Keyboard Kittens

  Here’s what you’ll get with the Dynamic Den printable download:

• Dynamic Den game in 2 sizes: US letter & A4
• Dynamic Den game board
• 12 lion dynamics cards (1 fortissimo, 1 forte, 2 mezzo-forte, 2 mezzo-piano, 3 piano, 3 pianissimo)
• 2 hyena cards
• Dynamic Den success poster
• Print release
• How to Play tutorial video

You will get the digital file to print and laminate (optional) for your music studio in both letter size (US) and A4 size (international)   Here’s what you’ll get with the Counting Caterpillars printable download:

• Counting Caterpillars game in 2 sizes: US letter & A4
• Counting Caterpillars game board
• 6 specialty cards
• 42 note and rest cards
• Counting Caterpillars success poster
• Print release
• How to Play tutorial video

You will get the digital file to print and laminate (optional) for your music studio in both letter size (US) and A4 size (international).   Here’s what you’ll get with the Keyboard Kittens printable download:

• Keyboard Kittens game in 2 sizes: US letter & A4
• Keyboard Kittens game board with the music alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
• Bonus Keyboard Kittens game board with solfege (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti)
• 33 Level 1 cards (notes on keyboard)
• 50 Level 2 cards (notes on the staff)
• 8 kitten game pieces
• Keyboard Kittens success poster
• Print release
• How to Play tutorial video

You will get the digital file to print and laminate (optional) for your music studio in both letter size (US) and A4 size (international).

How to play these Beginner Music Theory Games

Play Dynamic Den

• Place the Dynamic Den game board on the playing zone (table, floor, piano bench, or other flat surface).
• Shuffle all Dynamic Den cards (lions and hyenas) and place the draw pile face-down.
• Student draws one card at a time and places it on the correct dynamic volume on the game board (e.g. mp goes on moderately soft).

But there’s a twist! If a hyena is picked and there is no Lion King (fortissimo) on the board, the hyena scares the pride away! All cards go back in the draw pile and are reshuffled. Only when a Lion King (fortissimo) is on the game board is the pack safe from the hyenas. When all the dynamics are on the board, the player wins.  

Play Counting Caterpillars

In this rhythm music theory game, players will take turns drawing cards and creating measures for four different meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4). When a measure is complete, the student will clap and count the measure for the caterpillar to metamorphose into a butterfly! The first student to create all four measures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4) wins!  

Play Keyboard Kittens

The gameplay is a simple, Candyland-type gameplay where students draw a card, identify the note, and move forward–unless, of course, they get a specialty card, in which they could move forward or backward! We know your students are going to love it!

Why Your Students Will Love This: Our first beginning music theory bundle includes three games that will help your students develop understanding and mastery with dynamics, rhythm, piano keys, and note reading.