In Recital with Christmas Favorites, Book 2

Timothy Brown

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.

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

A hand position where either the right-hand or left-thumbs play middle C or where both thumbs share middle C.

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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