Halloween at its Best!, Book 2

Timothy Brown

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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

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.

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

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

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

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

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

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