Would you rather play parallel thirds or parallel sixths?
Would you rather play Chopin or Debussy?
Kids LOVE “would you rather” questions! I use them all the time as ice-breakers at piano parties and group lessons. They always get everyone laughing and trying to pick between two oftentimes awful options… like, would you rather play piano with a bucket on your head or pedal with a cement block on your foot? SO hard to choose!!!
When faced with the choice of playing a rhythm game or answering a “would you rather” question, I say why not do both?!
The Path to Your Heart combines both the fun of “would you rather” questions with rhythm exercises. It is a great game for in-person lessons, online lessons, group lessons, and even classrooms!
Instead of just answering the question, the student must clap the rhythm path that leads to the answer they prefer. It is a fun way to drill rhythms and learn a little more about your student.
Each level of The Path to Your Heart comes with three “would you rather” questions. You can use it as a:
- lesson warm-up! Ask one question at the beginning of each lesson in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s day.
- Valentine’s day game. Go through all three questions.
- ice-breaker game at a group lesson or piano party. Take turns asking each student a question. The others have to figure out which answer they picked but listening to the rhythms that he/she tapped.
- team activity! Ask a question and the students divide themselves into 2 groups according to which option they’d prefer. Then they have to tap the rhythm together as a group.
It is also the perfect game for online lessons since it requires no set-up or additional materials. Just share your screen with your student and start playing!
The Path to Your Heart covers the following rhythms (and corresponding rests): whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note pairs, dotted quarter note, and single eighth note.
For more Valentine’s Day games, check out:
- I Can Heart-ly Wait for the Punchline
A heart themed laugh-out-loud note reading game.
I love this game because not only do students have to think about keyboard geography, they also have to be able to associate the notes with their exact location on the piano. - Sky High Love
The rhythms get longer as the heart towers get higher! Whose tower will remain standing in the end?!
This adrenaline-inducing rhythm game is a great way to kick-off a lesson and get the energy up. - Sweet Words
Students will have fun reading the notes on the staff (or naming the white keys on the piano) to try to fill in the missing letters of their sweet word(s) first. - Musical M.A.S.H
This free printable game tests your student’s knowledge of the spaces on the grand staff. It’s a fast, easy game to play, and will predict your student’s musical future with hilarious results!
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