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Amy Stephens

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 lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

A type of texture where a melody is supported by one or more voices with all the voices following the same or similar rhythm.

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

Playing chords while simultaneously bringing out and phrasing one of the notes as a melody.

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

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

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