Halloween Favorites, Book 2

Ruth Perdew

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

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

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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

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