Children's Album, Volume 2 Op. 126

Cécile Chaminade

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

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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

A blocked chord whose notes are played quickly in succession which gives the chord a harp-like sound.

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

Four note chords comprised of the root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, and diminished 7th; typically have a dominant function.

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th 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 type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

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

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

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

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.

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.

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.