Halloween at its Best!, Book 2

Timothy Brown

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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.

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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

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

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 8th note rhythms.

An Italian term meaning "hastening";
an indication instructing the player to increase the speed,

often gradually.

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.

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

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