Melody Bober’s Favorite Solos Book 1

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Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Accidentals

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

Blocked 2nds

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

Blocked 3rds

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

Blocked 5ths

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

C Minor Five Finger Scale

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

Crescendo and 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.

Crossing Over Thumb

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

Five Finger Scales

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

Half Notes

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

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

Hand Crossing

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

Legato

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

Mezzo Forte

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Piano

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

Quarter Notes

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

Sforzando

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

Staccato

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.

Sustain Pedal

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

Ties

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

Two Note Slurs

Whole Notes

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

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