Elizabeth Swift

A piano solo that moves smoothly and constantly, challenging the pianist to use circular wrist motion, smooth pedal, and jumps.

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time but with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Intermediate Single Note Accompaniment

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

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.

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

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

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