Mosaic, Volume 3

Andrea Granitzio

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.

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

A scale comprised of only semitones which uses all 12 notes.

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided in groupings of three instead of two.

A type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

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.

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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.

More than one tempo indication used in a single piece or movement.