Children's Album, Volume 2 Op. 126

Cécile Chaminade

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

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

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

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).

Four note chords comprised of the root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, and diminished 7th; typically have a dominant function.

Chords comprised of the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th, and minor 7th. Sometimes they are found in close position with only three notes.

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

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.

A type of texture where a melody is supported by one or more voices with all the voices following the same or similar rhythm.

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

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

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

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

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.