Halloween Favorites, Book 3

Catherine Rollin

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

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

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the D Minor scale.

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.

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 type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

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.

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

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

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.