My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

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

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

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

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.

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 7th of any quality.

A type of advanced waltz accompaniment that requires the left hand to leap, often by an octave or more, down to a chord tone and up to chords.

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.

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

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

A blocked chord whose notes are played quickly in succession which gives the chord a harp-like sound.

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

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