The Big Digital Pre-Reading Christmas Book

Carol Matz

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

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

A hand position where either the right-hand or left-thumbs play middle C or where both thumbs share middle C.

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

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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.

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

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

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

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