Melodic Bingo Copy Game Gets a Colorful Update with Do Re Mi Cards

This is one of my favorite games since it accomplishes so much so easily. Students learn left to right direction of notes, the difference between lines and spaces, intervals, how notes are spaced on the staff and practice sight-singing with solfege and Curwen hand signs. I tell students that this game is based on stories of a young Johann Sebastian Bach. “Loving music and learning from his musical family, he copied music, even in the moonlight on the roof outside his window. We can learn from copying music, too."

A complete explanation of the game comes with the melodic bingo cards. The game also uses staff slates. Both materials are included the Panda 1 Pack. A new idea I've used in the workshops here in Aalborg is to place the do re mi cards alongside the other materials and to use the do re mi rainbow colors to write the patterns with magic notes. This makes the intervals and scale tones easier to identify and it's so much more fun for the students.

This game is ideal for pre-readers as well as those who are already reading music.