Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

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 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.

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.