Creepy Footsteps by Anne Shannon Demarest

8th Notes

Rhythm

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

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Accidentals

Intervals

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

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Broken 5ths Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken 5th intervals with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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Crescendo and Diminuendo

Expression

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

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Extended Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

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

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Five Finger Scales

Scales and Hand Positions

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

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G Minor Five Finger Scale

Scales and Hand Positions

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the G Minor scale.

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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Melodic 5ths

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

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Melodic 6ths

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

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Octave Higher and Octave Lower

Notes and Notation

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

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Parallel 3rds

Intervals

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.

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Ritardando

Meter

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

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Shifting Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

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.

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Sustain Pedal

Expression

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.

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Creepy Footsteps

Anne Shannon Demarest

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Elements

8th Notes

Accidentals

Broken 5ths Accompaniment

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Extended Hand Positions

Five Finger Scales

G Minor Five Finger Scale

Hand Crossing

Melodic 5ths

Melodic 6ths

Octave Higher and Octave Lower

Parallel 3rds

Ritardando

Shifting Hand Positions

Sustain Pedal

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