Premier Piano Course, Lesson 1A

Dennis Alexander

A simple three-note scale that introduces students to note names and uses only the notes C, D, and E in either one or both hands.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

When only the left hand is used throughout an entire piece.

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.

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.