Premier Piano Course, Lesson 1A

Dennis Alexander

Vertical lines on the staff that separate notated music into measures.

One or both hands moving from one simple hand position to another an octave higher or lower, sometimes seen before octaves are learned.

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.

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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

A hand position that uses only the right hand throughout the entire piece.

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

A simple hand position where only F#, G#, and A# are played; almost always notated with off-staff notation.