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Christmas Piano Solos – Level 4

Fred Kern

Mona Rejino

Philip Keveren

Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.

Five Finger Scales

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

Shifting Hand Positions

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

Parallel Motion

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

Elementary Single Note Accompaniment

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 5ths in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Blocked 5ths Accompaniment

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

Clef Changes

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

Sustain Pedal

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes one octave higher than notated.

Octave Higher

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

Quarter Notes

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

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

Half Notes

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

Dotted Quarter Notes

Whole Notes

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

8th Notes

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

8th Rests

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

Repeat Sign

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

1st and 2nd Endings

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

Ties

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

Diminuendo

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

Legato

A sign placed in front of a note that returns its pitch back to normal (returning to a white key).

Natural

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

Sharp

A sign that tells the player to play gradually louder.

Crescendo

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

Forte

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Piano

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

Angels We Have Heard On High

Fred Kern, Mona Rejino, Philip Keveren

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