Mosaic, Volume 3

Ben Crosland

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

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

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

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

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).

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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

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

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

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