In Recital Ready, Set, Play! Halloween Songs

Kevin Olson

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

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

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

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.

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

Vertical lines on the staff that separate notated music into measures.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

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

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