My Lyrical Notebook

Angeline Bell

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 16th note rhythmic values.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a octave.

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

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

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

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

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

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.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

An accompaniment that uses a single bass note, octave, 7th, or tenth on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.