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

Blocked Chords

Playing chords while simultaneously bringing out and phrasing one of the notes as a melody.

Chord Voicing

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

Chord Inversions

Intervals and chords played in one hand that require significant stretching between at least two notes and where the outer intervals reach further than an octave.

Large Hand Stretches

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

Extended Hand Positions

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

16th Notes

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

Ties

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.

Sustain Pedal

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

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