Pre-Reading Christmas

Nancy and Randall Faber

This piece uses the "Happy Birthday" tune with Christmas-themed lyrics.

A type of notation that uses two standard five-line staves combined together with a brace; usually indicating right hand and left hand notes.

A type of primary-level notation where the pitch names are placed inside the noteheads; often used in combination with off-staff notation.

Vertical lines on the staff that separate notated music into measures.

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

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

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.