My Lyrical Notebook

Angeline Bell

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 16th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 16th note rhythmic values.

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

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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.

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

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

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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.

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

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.