Scenes of San Francisco

Amy Stephens

More than one time signature used in a single piece or movement.

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

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.

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence. 

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

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.

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.