Spinning the wheel, my student giggled as it landed on the area where I have to give her some of my apples. It was even funnier a few turns later when I lost all my apples and she won the game! Spin for Apples is a light-hearted online theory game for teacher versus student and…
One of the things I’m often asked in my music studio is, “can we make a superhero again?”. My younger students love this game, and the best thing is that they are practising theory! Students answer questions about rests (1, 2 and 4 or whole bar rests) and if they achieve enough points, unlock the…
At Spooky Sid’s school of magic a big black cauldron of bubbling blue liquid fills the room with smoke. But what is he making in there? In this customisable music theory game, teachers can set any question they wish using the in built tools. Drag notes onto the stave for naming, playing, and interval reading…
Last week I was teaching a beginner student about time signatures. They love fairytales and dragons so it was time to load up the tablet and press play! In this game students have to help William the Wizard safely reach the castle in the clouds without waking up the dozing dragons. They have rather inconveniently…
My students love emojis! My own vocabulary is probably quite small, compared to theirs, with the odd smiley or laughing face in my messages. So I decided to create a music game based on emojis. It’s all about key signatures using the keys of C, D, F and G major in the treble and bass…
Once upon a time a dragon called Derek roamed the land. He was a friendly soul, despite appearances, and couldn’t help the fire that popped out of his mouth. All he really wanted to do was say hello! In this online music theory game, your mission is to save the castle from burning down. Each…
Today is an exciting day! I am very happy to introduce to you my brand new music games website with over 160 games and resources for teachers. Better yet, it’s part of this very website! Work out ‘Who Stole My Homework’, creep through the forest collecting gems but ‘Don’t Wake Lenny’, or swim down the…
When I first started teaching I had a student called Daniel. If I’m honest he wasn’t particularly passionate about piano and was only really doing it because his parents wanted him to. We got on well and always had a good lesson but I knew he would much rather have been playing football. In those…
