Melody Bober’s Favorite Solos Book 1

Melody Bober

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

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

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

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Minor scale.

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.

Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.

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

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

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.

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.