30 Children's Pieces Op. 27

Dmitri Kabalevsky

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

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

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

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

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

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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

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

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

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

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.

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