My Lyrical Notebook

Angeline Bell

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

A type of broken octave accompaniment that also contains added inner notes like 5ths or 3rds.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

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

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

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.