My Lyrical Notebook

Angeline Bell

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

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

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

An accompaniment pattern that mainly uses the root, 5th, and octave, in varying order, and usually with steady rhythms. 

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

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

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.

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

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

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

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.

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 loudly.

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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