Earth and Sky Book 1

Mary Leaf

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

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

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided into groupings of two.

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.