Carolyn Miller

Notes whose values are one sixth the value of a quarter note.

16th Note Triplets

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

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

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 fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

The same arpeggios played with both hands, where they alternate between the hands and the hands cross over one another.

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.

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.