In Recital with Christmas Favorites, Book 2

Kevin Olson

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken 5th intervals with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 5ths in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 3rds in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

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.

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

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

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 simple scale that contains the first five notes of the F Major scale.

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

A sign placed in front of a note that lowers its pitch by a half step.

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

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

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

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