Piano Adventures Level 1 Lesson Book (2nd Edition)

Nancy and Randall Faber

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

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

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

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

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

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

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

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.

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.