Halloween Favorites, Book 2

Robert D. Vandall

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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

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

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 type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

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

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

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.

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

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