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Print three copies of Treble Dominotes for each deck. Fill in one A-G sequence with A, another sequence with B, another with C (alternating middle C and third-space C), another with D (under the staff and fourth line, alternating), another with E (alternating top space and bottom line), F (alternating top line and bottom space), and another with G. Then make multiple copies of each page so that can have multiple decks. Finally, cut apart at thick blue lines.

On cardstock, make 7 copies of each Stack Attack original to create a game much like "War" where cards are continuously flipped until a match is struck between two cards which are exactly alike.  The first person to correctly name the symbol on the matching cards gets all the cards which were turned while seeking a match.

Stack Attack Dynamic features an English/Italian card.  When it is found as a match the language the student must use to correctly identify the matched cards changes from English to Italian and vice versa.

Stack Attack Key Signatures can also be used for relative natural minors.

Stack Attack Note Values requires students to provide the time name of the symbol (like quarter note) instead of the rhythm syllable (like ta).  

Salute is played like the child's math game where two students stick a playing card to the forehead and a third student adds the value of the two cards.  Each child knowing only the sum and the value of the other student's card must subtract to discover the value of their own card.  You will need to make 7 copies of this original onto cardstock and laminate the resulting pieces for each deck of this game.

Use Big Circle Signs and Small Circle Signs to create rainbow-colored manipulatives for melodic dictation.  Use red card stock for do, orange for re, yellow for mi, green for fa, blue for so, indigo for la, violet for ti, and pink for high do.  If you wish to extend the scale in either direction, use a darker shade of the rainbow colors for notes beneath do and a lighter tint of the rainbow colors for pitches above high do.  A circle punch is available from your scrapbook store as is cardstock in rainbow colors.

Use Big Snake for Solfege to create a Solfege Snake chain of pitches and their solfege names. Cut apart at the thick black lines.  As each piece is placed, that piece provides the next pattern to place and so on. If working in groups of two, one student should start at the head of the snake and one should start at the tail. When they meet in the middle, they should need each other. Note: I make all mine the same for each grade level, then when all the puzzles are completed, we can sing through the patterns as a class. You could certainly make several versions of each grade level if you wanted to do so.

Print both sides of Clip and Flip for your low brass players to practice naming do-so of the Bb major scale. You could easily make Treble Clip and Flips for your recorder players as well. 

Speaking of recorder players, use this BAG Mad Minute--complete with a Feierabend-inspired handstaff--to check for automaticity in your students' pitch naming skills.  

The Stoplight Game asks student to make up new lyrics for familiar tunes based on a particular theme and with a certain expressive intent. For example, a group of students might create lyrics about homework to the tune of "Are You Sleeping" and perform it for their peers using a sad tone and body language. 

Rhythm Hop requires 5 copies of each of six (grade appropriate) rhythm patterns which will be scattered on the floor. Each child begins by standing next to one of these cards as their "home base." The teacher then performs one of the patterns multiple times before ringing a bell to indicate when students should move to the pattern they believe they heard. Repeat 5 times so that multiple decoded patterns can be practiced.

I also use hops for practice decoding solfege patterns and for aural instrument family identification.

You can make grade-appropriate cards of your own by using Musisync font (see below). 

Musisync is a true type font create by Robert Allgeyer. With it, you can create your own manipulatives with font the same size as text font (unlike Maestro which is much larger than texted fonts). Directions regarding how to install the .ttf itself are included in the .pdf below this description.