Piano Adventures Level 1 Lesson Book (2nd Edition)

Nancy and Randall Faber

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

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

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

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.

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.

The note one step above Treble G or a skip below Treble C.

One of the landmark notes; the C an octave above Middle C.

The note two steps above Middle C; the E in the middle of the keyboard.

Simple intervals that introduce students to 3rds and use two white keys with one white key in between; skipping over one white key.