Halloween Favorites, Book 3

Anne Shannon Demarest

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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