My World in Motion Book 1

Elizabeth W. Greenleaf

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

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

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

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

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

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided into groupings of two.