Easy Beans!

Ben Crosland

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.

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

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

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

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

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

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.