The Big Digital Pre-Reading Christmas Book

Carol Matz

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

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

A simple five-finger hand position where the thumbs rest on adjacent notes.

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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

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

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

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

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

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 4th of any quality.