My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.