Piano Adventures Primer Level Lesson Book (2nd Edition)

Nancy and Randall Faber

When only one hand plays at a time and the notes alternate continually between both hands.

A simple three-note scale that introduces students to note names and uses only the notes C, D, and E in either one or both hands.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

One or both hands moving from one simple hand position to another an octave higher or lower, sometimes seen before octaves are learned.

A type of primary-level notation where the pitch names are placed inside the noteheads; often used in combination with off-staff notation.

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".