Halloween Favorites, Book 1

Anne Shannon Demarest

An indication instructing the player to go back to the beginning of a piece and play until "Fine".

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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

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

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

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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