(17th Century Dance)

Gilda Ruta

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

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

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

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

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

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

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.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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.