Music dice

The Piano Gamer

Tied Dice Game for music lesson review time

Composing Dice? How do I use these? Why are there notes missing? These are the most common questions I get at conferences where I have my music dice for sale. I wish I could easily and quickly convey how cool these dice are and they are the very reason I started making music dice in the first place. Composing Pentatonic Dice do not have every note in a scale because there are only SIX SIDES! I commonly get the question why I can’t have every note, but please remember, my friends, there are 7…

Most of you know that Valerie and I teach piano lessons. At the end of the school year we hold a recital and I always like to give the students a little gift. This is what I did last year. This year I wanted to give them something that would help them in their piano lessons. I really wanted to make them their own canvas bags to hold their piano books, but had a hard time making it economical. Instead I stumbled on these Rhythm Sticks on the Music in Motion website. I often pull out my drum…

Using the EduCreations App, students began composing music on the iPad ... rolled staff die, used simple rhythm to notate, then recorded melody

Make your own DIY music dice using a foam cube from Dollar Tree, then check out these dice activities!

I've been lucky enough to attend the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference this week and had a lot of success at my booth! It was...

Rhythm games

DIY Rhythm Dice: how I made the dice, how I use them in my classroom, and the FREE resources that I've made to go with them.