Child's Play

Florence Newell Barbour

Transcribed from original manuscript  in Library of Congress archives. Never published before

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

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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

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

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).