Very Easy Little Peppers

Elissa Milne

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

A type of texture where the contour of the notes in one hand is the exact opposite to that of the other hand as they play simultaneously.

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

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

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

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.

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.