My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book C

Nancy and Randall Faber

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

One or both hands moving from one simple hand position to another an octave higher or lower, sometimes seen before octaves are learned.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Special graphics or icons used alongside pre-reading notation to aid in the comprehension of various concepts at the primary level.

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

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

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

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.