Pre-Reading Christmas

Nancy and Randall Faber

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

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

Vertical lines on the staff that separate notated music into measures.

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

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

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

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

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

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

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.

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