My Lyrical Notebook

Angeline Bell

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

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

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

Chords comprised of the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th, and minor 7th. Sometimes they are found in close position with only three notes.

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th 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 hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

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-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

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

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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.

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

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

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

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of an octave of any quality.