Musical game
OwnerLise Gagnoninventor
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Abstract
A musical game for facilitating learning of musical concepts has a game board with, for each player, a player set of musical symbols inscribed thereupon. Players draw cards which define tasks which must be completed in order to progress in the game by marking musical symbols, with a marker, in their respective player sets on the game board. The first player to mark each symbol in the players respective set is the winner. Additional cards are also provided to direct movement of tokens, one for each player, on spaces on the game board, inscribed thereupon as a partial piano keyboard. A player may become a conductor by marking instruments inscribed on the board with the markers. A conductor has increased opportunities to mark symbols in the respective player set and thus of winning the game.
Claims31
A game for learning musical concepts, said game comprising:
- a plurality of tokens for use by a plurality of players for playing said game, each said player having a respective said token;
- a game board upon which the game is played by said players, said game board having a plurality of spaces inscribed thereupon as white key spaces and black key spaces upon which said tokens can be displaced to indicate respective current positions on said game board for said players, and, for each said player, a respective player set of musical symbols inscribed thereupon, said white key spaces and said black key spaces corresponding, respectively, to respective white keys and respective black keys of a piano keyboard with each said white key space having a note name inscribed thereon designating a note associated with said respective said white key on said piano keyboard, said respective said token being displaced by an active player of said players executing a respective turn therefore;
- a first plurality of cards, each said card thereof defining a task requiring knowledge of the musical concepts for completion by at least one said player and indicating a designated musical symbol corresponding to at least one said musical symbol of said respective player set;
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- at least one marker for marking, by said at least one said player, of said designated musical symbol of said respective player set on said game board when said at least one said player successfully completes said task.
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