My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book B

Nancy and Randall Faber

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

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

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

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

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.

When only the left hand is used throughout an entire piece.

One or both hands moving from one simple hand position to another an octave higher or lower, sometimes seen before octaves are learned.

One of the landmark notes; the C in the middle of the keyboard.

One of the landmarks; the C an octave below Middle C.

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

A type of notation that uses two standard five-line staves combined together with a brace; usually indicating right hand and left hand notes.