Halloween Favorites, Book 3

W. T. Skye Garcia

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

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

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

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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