Cool Beans! Vol. 1

Ben Crosland

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 4th of any quality.

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

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

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

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

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

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.

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

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken 5th intervals with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.

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