Premier Piano Course, Lesson 1A

Dennis Alexander

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Major scale.

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one half the value of a whole note.

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.