Piano Adventures Primer Level Lesson Book (2nd Edition)

Nancy and Randall Faber

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

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

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.

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.

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