Elizabeth Swift

Expressive and exciting teaching piece with legato harmonic intervals evoking rippling water, and large exciting chords.

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

Extended Hand Positions

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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

A texture where four independent musical lines play a different note for each chord of the music.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 8th note rhythms.

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 type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.