My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

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

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a octave.

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

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

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 7th of any quality.

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 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.