My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book A

Nancy and Randall Faber

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

A simple hand position where only F#, G#, and A# are played; almost always notated with off-staff notation.

A simple hand position where only C# and D# are played; almost always notated with off-staff notation.

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".

Both hands playing at the same time in either Primary or Early Elementary level works.

In the Primary and Elementary levels, when only one hand plays at a time and the notes alternate continually between both hands.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.