Description

Engage your students in the classroom or group lesson with this musical symbols version of the popular “I Have…Who Has?” game. Review 46 musical symbols in a fun and hands-on way, increase your students’ retention of musical symbol names, and have fun at the same time! Excellent for group piano and piano parties!

Download includes:

• Instructions for how to play this game
• Answer key
• A page of cards that you can print onto the backs of the game cards (4 options)
• Full color sets:
  1. With the names of the music symbols
  2. Without the names of the music symbols
• Ink friendly sets:
  1. With the names of the music symbols
  2. Without the names of the music symbols
• Blank cards you can customize to suit your students’ needs

How to Play:

1. Shuffle the cards and give them to your students. They shouldn’t let one another see their cards.
2. The student who has the first card says, “I have the first card. Who has… (he reads his card, which in this case is “forte”.).
3. The student who has forte says, “I have forte. Who has… treble clef?”.
4. The game continues until the last card is reached. “The end!”

The 46 symbols in this game cover:

• Note values
• Rhythm values
• Piano keys
• Dynamics
• Accidentals
• Time signatures
• Articulation markings
• Parts of the grand staff
• Answer key

List of symbols:

• First card
• Forte
• Treble clef
• Flat
• Whole note
• Repeat sign
• Whole rest
• 4/4 time signature
• Accent
• Mezzo forte
• Piano key D
• Sixteenth note
• Decrescendo
• Dotted half note
• Bass clef
• Quarter rest
• Fermata
• Quarter note
• Half rest
• Two Eighth notes
• Grand staff
• Pianissimo
• Single eighth note
• Sharp
• Crescendo
• Eighth rest
• Mezzo piano
• Natural
• 3/4 time signature
• Piano key E
• Fortissimo
• Triplet
• Double bar line
• Four sixteenth notes
• Staff (lines & spaces only)
• Half note
• Piano key C
• Dotted quarter note
• Piano
• Staccato
• Common time
• Slur
• Sixteenth rest
• Cut time
• Tie
• Dotted eighth note
• 6/8 time signature
• Last card

Storing and Organizing the Game Cards

I love storing these game cards in colorful 4×6 photo boxes like these (affiliate link). They are my favorites because they’re the perfect size, and the colors are vibrant and fun!