My Quirky Notebook

Angeline Bell

Arpeggios played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

Chromatic scales played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes whose values are one sixth the value of a quarter note.

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 16th note rhythmic values.

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.