The Music Box

Album for the Young Op. 140

Silence that equals the length of one 16th note.

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

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided in groupings of three instead of two.

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.

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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

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

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.

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

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

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

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