Child's Play

Mari Paldi

Transcribed from original manuscript in Library of Congress archives.

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.