C is for Circus, Book 1

Elizabeth W. Greenleaf

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

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.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

A series of blocked 3rds that occur several times in a row throughout a piece.

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.

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either two octaves higher or lower than notated.