My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book B

Nancy and Randall Faber

A type of notation that uses two standard five-line staves combined together with a brace; usually indicating right hand and left hand notes.

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

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

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

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

Simple intervals that introduce students to 2nds and use two adjacent white keys.

Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.

A simple five-finger hand position where the thumbs rest on adjacent notes.