Halloween Favorites, Book 2

Dennis Alexander

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence. 

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

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

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Minor scale.

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

More than one tempo indication used in a single piece or movement.

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