Premier Piano Course, Lesson 1A

Dennis Alexander

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

A hand position where either the right-hand or left-thumbs play middle C or where both thumbs share middle C.

A type of notation that doesn't use staff lines; sometimes called "floating notes".

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

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.