Childhood Excursions: Escape to the Cinema!

Amy Stephens

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

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

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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.

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

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.

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

More than one time signature used in a single piece or movement.

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

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