Airport Blues by Angeline Bell - Piano Music Database

8th Note Chromatic Scales

Scales and Hand Positions

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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Accidentals

Intervals

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

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Blocked Chords

Chords

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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Chord Inversions

Chords

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

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Crossing Thumb Under

Hand and Finger Techniques

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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Extended Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

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

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Ostinato

Accompaniment Patterns

A continually repeated phrase or rhythm.

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Sustain Pedal

Expression

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.

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Swing 8ths

Rhythm

A technique of playing 8th notes where the first 8th note is held longer than the second of a grouping of two; used often in jazz and blues.

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Triplets

Rhythm

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

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Airport Blues

Angeline Bell

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Elements

8th Note Chromatic Scales

Accidentals

Blocked Chords

Chord Inversions

Crossing Thumb Under

Extended Hand Positions

Ostinato

Sustain Pedal

Swing 8ths

Triplets

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