Checkerboard game for leaning musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy

Abstract

A checkerboard game for leaning musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy. The game includes a playing board and playing pieces. The playing board replicates a checkerboard. The playing pieces replicate checkers, have musical note symbols visible thereon, move diagonally on the checkerboard, and jump according to the hierarchy of the musical note symbols of the playing pieces involved in the jump, to thereby learn the musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy.

1 . A checkerboard game for leaning musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy, comprising:
 a) a playing board; and   b) playing pieces;   wherein said playing board replicates a checkerboard;   wherein said playing pieces replicate checkers;   wherein said playing pieces have musical note symbols visible thereon, respectively;   wherein said playing pieces move diagonally on the checkerboard; and   wherein said playing pieces jump according to the hierarchy of the musical note symbols of the playing pieces involved in the jump, to thereby learn the musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy.   
     
     
         2 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein said checkerboard of said playing board contains an 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares. 
     
     
         3 . The game of  claim 2 , wherein said 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares of said checkerboard of said playing board contains two alternating colors; and
 wherein each of said two alternating colors of said 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares of said checkerboard of said playing board flow diagonally. 
 
     
     
         4 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein said checkerboard of said playing board is made of a flexible and statically adhering material for allowing said checkerboard of said playing board to conform to and statically attach to non-flat surfaces for playing said checkerboard game on the non-flat surfaces. 
     
     
         5 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein said checkers of said playing pieces having said musical note symbols visible thereon number 24, 12 for each player. 
     
     
         6 . The game of  claim 2 , wherein said checkers of said playing pieces have 6 blank checkers, 3 for each player, and are without said musical note symbols. 
     
     
         7 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein said checkers of said playing pieces are initially placed on every other colored square of said 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares of said checkerboard of said playing board on first three rows of said 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares of said checkerboard of said playing board for each player, with said musical note symbols visible; and
 wherein said blank checkers of said checkers of said playing pieces are set aside for each player. 
 
     
     
         8 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein said checkers of said playing pieces move diagonally forward, with each player making one move per turn. 
     
     
         9 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein said checker of said playing piece jumps by moving diagonally to an open colored square of said 8×8 matrix of 64 colored squares of said checkerboard of said playing board. 
     
     
         10 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein a player may jump his/hers own checker of said playing piece at any time regardless of said musical note symbol note value. 
     
     
         11 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein a player may jump and take an opponent's checker of said playing piece only when said player's checker of said playing piece has a same or greater musical note symbol note value visible thereon, to thereby learn said musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy. 
     
     
         12 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein a player may jump multiple times, including said player's own checkers of said playing pieces and said opponent's checkers of said playing pieces in a same turn as long as said opponent's checkers of said playing pieces are of equal or lesser musical note symbol note value, to thereby further learn said musical note symbols and their associated hierarchy. 
     
     
         13 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein only said opponent's jumped checkers of said playing pieces are removed from said checkerboard of said playing board. 
     
     
         14 . The game of  claim 6 , wherein when a checker of said playing piece has reached the opposite side of said checkerboard of said playing board, said musical note symbol note value is doubled, or “King” said checker of said playing piece by adding said blank checker of said playing pieces underneath said checker of said playing piece that is being “Kinged.” 
     
     
         15 . The game of  claim 14 , wherein said “Kinged” checkers of said playing pieces may make multiple jumps in any direction. 
     
     
         16 . The game of  claim 1 , wherein a player who has only his/her checkers of said playing pieces remaining on said checkerboard of said playing board wins.