My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

8th Note Arpeggios

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

8th Note Chromatic Scales

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Accidentals

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

Extended Hand Positions

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

Fortissimo

A ragtime left hand pattern that regularly uses skills like small shifts, extensions, and multiple voices, but does not have leaps greater than an octave.

Intermediate Ragtime Accompaniment

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.

Ledger Lines

Arpeggios of any speed or range that predominantly outline major 7th chords.

Major 7th Arpeggios

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

Sforzando

A technique of playing 8th notes where the first 8th note is held longer than the second of a grouping of two; used often in jazz and blues.

Swing 8ths

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

Triplets

Notes whose values are one sixth the value of a quarter note.

16th Note Triplets

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.