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Along with the ability to read note names, a student must also be able
to understand intervals (the distance between notes).
This skill enables them not only to play more easily,
but also to grasp the basics of chord construction and harmonization.
In addition, the ability to sight read and sight sing is greatly enhanced.
- There are no clef signs in this game, so students determine intervals by their placement on the staff and not by note naming.
- Intervals appear in melodic and harmonic form.
- The Space Place game is easily used in conjunction with the instruction of the solfege system.
- Each level is played with the same rules so that the transition from one level to another is easy.
- Explore the solar system while learning to recognize intervals at a glance.
- Compete to obtain pairs of intervals. This will enable you to advance to the next planet, and ultimately to the Space Place for the win!
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Primer (2 - 4 players): The Primer Level is designed as a pre-interval game. Students become familiar with the placement of notes on the staff and their movement by steps, skips, or repeated notes. Since students traditionally begin reading notes by steps, this game is of great assistance when skipping is introduced in music instruction. Game covers repeated notes on lines and in spaces, steps, and skips, both on lines and in spaces. List price = $22.95 |
Level 1 and 2 Combination Game (2 - 4 players): Level 1 includes intervals ranging from 2nd's through 5th's. Level 2 includes intervals ranging from 2nd's through 8th's (octaves). The second level incorporates many intervals using ledger lines. List price = $24.95 |
Primer Level:
For beginning students who are just learning steps and skips or for the very young, the rules can be changed so that a player need only produce one of each required interval to move from one planet to the next. This makes the game move faster and little hands do not need to hold a large number of cards.
Level 1 and 2:- When playing with a group, if a player identifies an interval incorrectly, the first opponent to catch the mistake will take posession of those two cards presented as a pair.
- Players who are having difficulty with identifying intervals must prove that they have the required interval by placing it face up before asking for a matching interval from an opponent.
- For those students playing the game for the first time, you may want to have them place their cards face up on the table and help them determine the intervals. In this case, the option of asking an opponent for an interval is omitted.
- When using the game with more students, fewer cards can be dealt to each student, and a team of two players must produce the pair of intervals needed.
- To help students recognize intervals more quickly, it is helpful to explain that odd number intervals are both on lines or both on spaces. The even number intervals will be a combination, one will be on a line and one will be on a space.
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