In Recital Ready, Set, Play! Halloween Songs

Mary Leaf

A simple four-note scale that introduces students to note names and uses only the notes F, G, A, and B in either one or both hands.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

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".

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

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