Mosaic, Volume 3

Christine Artemis Pappa

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

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

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

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.

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.