Rhythm Playing Cards

Rhythm playing cards are used with beginning to advanced students (ages 2 - adult) to learn the relative values of notes and rests and to become very quick at recognizing those values. Just like regular playing cards, this deck of rhythm playing cards has 52 cards, each with one note or rest.

Imagine that the 16th note and rest are like the ace in regular cards and the whole note and whole rest are like the king. Using the other notes and rests in order between these two cards creates endless possibilities for fun rhythm card games. Students quickly catch on to this concept and are soon playing both familiar and new card games with rhythm playing cards.

About Rhythm Playing Cards

These cards are ideal for learning the values of notes and rests and are among the students' favorite materials.

There are four cards each of eight notes (sixteenth, eighth, dotted eighth, quarter, dotted quarter, half, dotted half and whole) and four cards each of five rests (sixteenth, eighth, quarter, half and whole). Directions to four favorite games are included, so you can begin playing right away.

• Fine
• Stacked Snake
• War
• Five Hiding

When used with games from the book Music Mind Games, these cards help students:

• learn the values of basic notes and rests and their relationship to each other
• reinforce the concepts learned with the blue jello cards
• read rhythms in music
• learn to arrange notes and rests into measures in various time signatures
• become very quick at the order of notes and rests
• love notes and rests because of so many fun card games

The rhythm playing cards can be used independently and in combination with magic notes and magic wands.

You will use these cards to lay out a chart of values, make a snake and play numerous card games such as: Five Notes and Five Rests, Card Chart, Fine, War, Slow, Five Hiding, Speed, Rhythm Solitaire and Suspense.

Features

• Cards have graphics in the upper left-hand corners like regular playing cards.
• Two guide cards (one without dotted notes and one with dotted notes), in both horizontal and vertical orentation, show the order of notes and rests so students can check their own work.
• Five games with step-by-step directions and graphics are included.
• Colored borders help students stay focused.
• The centers of each card are white so they are easier to read.