Eric Baumgartner

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

8th Note Chromatic Scales

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

A typically unnotated section of a piece where the performer is meant to improvise, usually occurs at a dominant chord.

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

More than key signature used in a single piece or movement.

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of an octave of any quality.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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.

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

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

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

A type of advanced waltz accompaniment that requires the left hand to leap, often by an octave or more, down to a chord tone and up to chords.