Halloween Favorites, Book 4

Anne Shannon Demarest

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

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

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

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

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

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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.

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

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

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

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.