Carol Klose

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

1st and 2nd Endings

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.

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

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

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

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

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time but with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 5th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.