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Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

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

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

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

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

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 8th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

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

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

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

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

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.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

A four note chord consisting of a triad and a note that is a seventh (of any quality) above the root.