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Amy Stephens

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.

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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.

Chords played with four notes (including seventh chords) that usually require stretching beyond a five finger position.

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

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

Playing chords while simultaneously bringing out and phrasing one of the notes as a melody.

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

An accompaniment pattern that uses a series of broken intervals of any distance or quality.

Complicated, dense, and rich harmonies involving complex chords, chord substitutions, modal mixture, upper structures, among other techniques.

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