Piano Adventures Level 1 Lesson Book (2nd Edition)

Nancy and Randall Faber

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Major scale.

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

Both hands playing at the same time in either Primary or Early Elementary level works.

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.

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.

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

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.

One of the landmark notes; the C an octave above Middle C.

The note a step above Middle C; the D in the middle of the keyboard.

The note two steps above Middle C; the E in the middle of the keyboard.

The F one step below Treble G; the F in the middle of the piano.

One of the landmarks; the G a 5th above Middle C.