PLAY THE TRADITIONAL CARD GAMES WITH THE 52 CARD DECK

I Know A Song – Object of the game is to collect as many cards as possible. Players take turns. Each player is dealt four cards and the rest of the deck is placed face down in the center of the table with one card turned over to begin. The first player has a choice to pick a card from the pile or take the face up card. The player than takes a card from their hand and names a piece of music (song or instrumental) that begins with that note and sings a few notes of the song. If it is correct, the player places the card on the table face-up and can take a second turn. If the song is correct but the player does not sing the song, there is no second turn. If the song is not correct, the card goes on the discard/face-up pile. The next player takes a turn with the option to steal a card that is on the table or pick from the face-down or the face-up pile. Same rules apply about naming and singing a song with the possibility of two turns. The game ends when one person has collected ten face-up cards or after one -hour of play.

Music Sets – Deal out sixteen cards face up in a grid shape (4 x 4) and take turns picking up chords, runs, or equal notes from the board. When all the sets are gone, fill the spaces with new cards. If there are no sets available in a 4 x 4 grid, add 9 cards to have a 5 x 5 grid. This game can be played by racing to find the Music Sets as well.

Musical rummy – Play any form of rummy and meld with any chord shown on the jokers. Make sure to decide if the suit has to match like it would in a run or sequence. If the chord has a card such as D-minor, it can fill the place of any of the notes (but only one!) Here are the allowed chords with the Cards in C-Major Yntunzy deck:

You can add a fourth note to make it the seventh chord. Acceptable chords are:

C major seventh: C – E – G – B
D minor seventh: D – F – A – C
E minor seventh: E – G – B – D
F major seventh: F – A – C – E
G major dominant seventh: G – B – D – F
A minor seventh: A – C – E – G
B minor seventh flat five: B – D – F – A

Name that chord – 2-6 players. Each person draws a card and dealer is the one with the highest card (rest is low.) Cards are dealt face up in a grid of 4×4. Person to the left of dealer has 30 seconds to find cards that make a chord (3 or 4 note) and claim it. One card can be a chord where you are using one of the notes in the chord. Play continues in turn clockwise until everyone agrees that there are no more chords available. The dealer replaces the claimed cards and play continues from where it stopped. If there are no chords available in the original 4×4 grid, extend to a 5×5 grid. Can be played taking turns or on a competitive time basis – first one to claim a chord takes it. When the entire deck has been used, the game ends. The one with the most cards wins. In a series of games, the score is the total of cards collected over all the games. Play with any combination of Yntunzy decks to make more chords possible. Use the jokers to determine which chords are correct.

Scale up – Be the first to make an octave. Dealer shuffles and deals 8 cards face down to each person. One card is turned up from the remaining deck. Person to the left of the dealer goes first and can pick up the visible card OR pick from the pile. Player discards to the face up pile and play moves clockwise. When someone has a scale, they say Scale and show the hand to the group. Interval and chord cards can be used to fill-in any of the included notes. Cards can be a combination of suits. Winning a round is 5 points. Bonus for 5 or more cards of the same suit. Plus a point for 5 of one-suit in a row and an additional point for 6 or 7 of the same suit. Plus. 5 points for all in one suit. 3 bonus points if the scale starts at D or E. Optional: bonus points if the person sings the scale. First person to 50 points wins. Team game version: partners sit across from each other.  When it is partner’s turn, the person may sing two notes that they have in their hand (using la – not the note name) to indicate what is not needed. When a team thinks they have the octave together, one says Scale and they show their hands.

Sing that note – pick a card, sing the note, and check it with the Yntunzy app. (COMING SOON)

Yntervals for All – Play a matching game like Concentration where each player takes a turn picking up an interval and naming it such as a perfect fourth (see intervals in the About Music.) Decide if the interval has to be in the same suit. Can be played with 2, 3, or 4 suits depending on how much time you have.