Freebie! EnHEARTmonics: The perfect match for tackling enharmonics
Every year around Valentine’s Day, my students prepare for the National Federation of Music Clubs Theory Test and a number of levels require test takers to identify and spell enharmonic pitches on the grand staff.
The concept itself is not all that hard and yet it seems that it’s hard for most to remember what the term “enharmonic” means. So, EnHEARTmonics: The Perfect Matching Game aims to fix that for good!
This resource can be used anyway you like. Here are my suggestions.
What’s included
Sheets that ask students to identify pitches that are enharmonic to each other.
Sheets that ask students to identify and draw pitches that are enharmonic to other.
Editable worksheets that you or your students can complete by typing on the document —especially good for online lessons!
How to share these with students
Print them as worksheets that students can draw a line to pair each red heart to it’s “pink heart partner.”
To save on ink, print one copy of each page and place them in clear pockets like this (http://amzn.to/2nNUmE6). Use dry erase markers so you can reuse the same worksheet over and over.
Import this PDF into Notability (https://www.leilaviss.com/notability) my preferred app, to complete worksheets on the iPad.
Print and laminate each sheet then cut into “heart squares” and ask students to pair up each red heart to it’s pink heart partner.
Open the editable PDFs, share your screen during online lessons and type in the correct answers as your students give you them.
Email the editable PDFs to your students, ask them to share their screen and they can type in the correct answers during lessons or between lessons.
Possible games if you print, laminate and cut
Perfect Match: Place all red hearts in one column on a table. Ask students to place the matching pink heart next to each red heart. How many correct matches can be made in a minute?
Perfect Match with Teams: Divide into two teams and play the same game as above.
Key to My Heart: For beginners, place all heart squares in a basket, draw one and students must play all the keys with that name on the keyboard.
Key to My Heart: For more experienced players, draw a heart from the basket and students must play all the keys and then name the enharmonic.
Key to My Heart: For advanced players, draw a heart from the basket and students must name two other pitches that are enharmonic to the one drawn. For example: Bb = A# = Cbb
All these games offer ideal training for this FREE digital escape room game!
Marie Lee whipped up an adorable digital escape room game to test students enharmonics matching skills.
The link to the game is included in the free download.
To learn more about digital escape room games, follow this link.
And…there’s special bonus Valentine’s gift in the download—a coupon for any digital escape room!
For quick look at how digital escape room games work, watch this video.
