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Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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

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

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.

An accompaniment pattern where the hand regularly moves distances greater than an octave to play a series of blocked chords.

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