In Recital Ready, Set, Play! Halloween Songs

Timothy Brown

A simple three-note scale that introduces students to note names and uses only the notes C, D, and E in either one or both hands.

A hand position that uses only the right hand throughout the entire piece.

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

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

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".

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

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

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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.