In Recital with Christmas Favorites, Book 2

Melody Bober

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

Blocked 3rds

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

Blocked 2nds

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

Crossing Over Thumb

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence. 

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

Left Hand Melody

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes one octave higher than notated.

Octave Higher

An indication instructing the player to go back to the "S" symbol, then jump to the coda when "al coda" or "to coda" is reached.

D.S. al Coda

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

C Major Five Finger Scale

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

Accidentals

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

Sharp

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

Ties

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

Quarter Notes

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.

Whole Rests

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

Legato

Whole Notes

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

Half Notes

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.

Sustain Pedal

A sign that tells the player to play gradually louder.

Crescendo

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

Forte

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

Staccato

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

Go, Tell It On the Mountain

Melody Bober

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