Halloween Favorites, Book 1

Anne Shannon Demarest

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

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

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

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

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

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 2nd of any quality.

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