Mitch Grussing

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

Crescendo and 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.

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

A type of texture where a melody is supported by one or more voices with all the voices following the same or similar rhythm.

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.