Eric Baumgartner

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

16th Note Broken Chord Accompaniment

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

A combination of triplets played in one hand while notes with regular values are played in the other hand at the same time.

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 8th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

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

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play several voices per hand. Passage with this are typically very challenging and complex.

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of an augmented 4th.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

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

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

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

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

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 7th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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

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

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