My Garden Notebook

Angeline Bell

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

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

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

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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

A type of accompaniment pattern where only one note is played at a time, usually within a single five finger scale and with simple rhythms.

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

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

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

A technique of playing 8th notes where the first 8th note is held longer than the second of a grouping of two; used often in jazz and blues.

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

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

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

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