Songs from Rainbow Hill

Ben Crosland

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 8th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

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

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.

An Italian term meaning "hastening";
an indication instructing the player to increase the speed,

often gradually.

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided in groupings of three instead of two.

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

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

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

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.