Floating on the Pond by Mike Springer

Accidentals

Intervals

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

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Crescendo and Diminuendo

Expression

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

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Fermatas

Rhythm

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

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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Octave Higher and Octave Lower

Notation

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

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Parallel 3rds

Intervals

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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Parallel 5ths

Intervals

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 5th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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Shifting Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

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.

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Sustain Pedal

Expression

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.

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Two Note Slurs

Expression

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

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Floating on the Pond

Mike Springer

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Elements

Accidentals

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Fermatas

Hand Crossing

Octave Higher and Octave Lower

Parallel 3rds

Parallel 5ths

Shifting Hand Positions

Sustain Pedal

Two Note Slurs

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