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Notes whose lengths are equal to half the value of one sixteenth note.

32nd Notes

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Clef Changes

Notes that are either raised or lowered by two semitones.

Double Accidentals

A series of parallel octaves played simultaneously in both hands.

Double Octaves

A third and fourth staff, using any clefs, added to the normal grand staff in order to clearly differentiate between various voices used in a piece.

Four Staves

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

16th Notes

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Blocked Chords

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Broken Chords

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

Accidentals

The use of notes not in the prevailing mode or diatonic scale of a piece.

Chromaticism

A type of technically challenging and musically complex texture where one or both hands play several voices simultaneously.

Advanced Multiple Voices in One Hand

An indication instructing the player to play extremely loudly; louder than fortissimo.

Fortississimo

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

Fortissimo

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

Sforzando

An indication instructing the player to play extremely softly; softer than pianissimo.

Pianississimo

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

Pianissimo

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

Ritardando

A series of blocked octaves that are played one hand at a time and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion using predominantly 32nd note rhythms.

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