Mitch Grussing

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

Accidentals

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

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.

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.