Chord Snowblast

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March is known for coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb (meaning that the beginning of the month tends to exhibit all the characteristics of winter – with its frigid temperatures, ice, and snow – but by the end of the month winter is gone and you can feel spring in the air). Well, not this year! This week winter came back with a vengeance.

When the weather throws you curve balls, there is really only one thing to do… match your piano chord games to the weather! And Chord Snowblast was the perfect choice! Chord Snowblast is a piano game that covers all the major and minor chords but the teacher can select the chords most appropriate for the student’s level.

piano keyboard snow snowball card stack about music chords with snowflake and polar bear erasers game markers

We even pulled out the polar bear and snowflake erasers to make our chords. Given the weather in the Instagram post below, they would have been right at home!

Players take turns drawing cards from the pile. Each card has a chord that the player must build on the piano (or in our case, a felt keyboard) using the mini-erasers. I also had my students play the chord on the piano after they were done building it.

piano keyboard snow snowball card stack about music chords with snowflake and polar bear erasers game markers minor chord

Here is a student in action:

Each chord is worth a certain number of points. Once the chord is built successfully, the player writes down the number of points he/she earned that round. The “harder” the chord (meaning the more sharps/flats in a chord), the more points to be earned!

This student wanted to play through the whole deck and she squashed me!! I felt I should have given her bonus points as well because she was calling out enharmonic chords (for example, B-sharp major and C major) whenever she saw them! I was SO impressed!

polar bear erasers on piano keyboard forming a minor chord with scoreboard with points breakdown and point totals

Watch out for the wildcards mixed into the deck! Especially the Avalanche card… how many chords can you build in 1 minute?! Here was my 30-second attempt (I love how my student is cheering me on!):

This game available in the Toucan Piano Shop: Chord Snowblast. It comes with 42 chord cards and 12 wildcards. It’s great for individual or group lessons to reinforce major and minor chords.

I would love to hear what you think if you decide to play this game with your students. We had a blast and almost – almost! – forgot about how cold it was outside.

black labrador retriever lab mix dog wants to play chord card game at the piano keyboard with speech bubble saying can i play

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