My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.