30 Children's Pieces Op. 27

Dmitri Kabalevsky

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

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

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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.

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.