Fairyland in Treble

Nikolas Sideris

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

16th Notes

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

8th Notes

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

8th Rests

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.

A Tempo

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Accidentals

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

Anacrusis

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

Broken Chord Accompaniment

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Broken Chords

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

Clef Changes

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

Crescendo and Diminuendo

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.

Crossing Thumb Under

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Dotted Half Notes

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

Dotted Quarter Notes

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

Fermatas

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

Grace Notes

Notes whose lengths are equal to one half the value of a whole note.

Half Notes

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

A technique that involves only one hand playing at a time throughout most or all of a piece.

Hands Separate

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.

Ledger Lines

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

Legato

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

Melodic 2nds

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

Melodic 3rds

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 4th of any quality.

Melodic 4ths

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

Melodic 5ths

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Melodic 6ths

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

Melodic 7ths

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

Melodic Octaves

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

Mezzo Forte

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

Mezzo Piano

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Parallel 6ths

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

Parallel Motion

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

Pianissimo

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Piano

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

A simple piece that is played using only the right hand.

Right Hand Only

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.

Shifting Hand Positions

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided into groupings of two.

Simple Time Signature

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

Syncopation

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

Ties

Whole Notes

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.