The Big Digital Pre-Reading Christmas Book

Carol Matz

A hand position that uses only the right hand throughout the entire piece.

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Major scale.

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".

A type of primary-level notation where the pitch names are placed inside the noteheads; often used in combination with off-staff notation.

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one half the value of a whole note.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.