Pre-Reading Christmas

Nancy and Randall Faber

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

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

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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.