Premier Piano Course, Lesson 2B

Dennis Alexander

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

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

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

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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

Commonly used diatonic scales with the following sequence of intervals: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

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.

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

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.

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.