Premier Piano Course, Lesson 2A

Dennis Alexander

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

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the G Major scale.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one half the value of a whole note.

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

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

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

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.