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Christmas Piano Solos – Level 4

Fred Kern

Mona Rejino

Philip Keveren

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

Anacrusis

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.

Crossing Over Thumb

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.

Shifting Hand Positions

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

Extended Hand Positions

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

Melodic 6ths

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Parallel 6ths

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

Sharp

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 7th of any quality.

Blocked 7ths

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

Melodic 5ths

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

Two Note Slurs

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

Staccato

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.

Elementary Single Note Accompaniment

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

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

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

8th Notes

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

Quarter Notes

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

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

Half Notes

A sign placed in front of a note that returns its pitch back to normal (returning to a white key).

Natural

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

Repeat Sign

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

1st and 2nd Endings

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

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

Fred Kern, Mona Rejino, Philip Keveren

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