Premier Piano Course, Lesson 3

Daniel Gottlob Türk

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

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

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

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.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

Commonly used diatonic scales with the following sequence of intervals: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

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

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.