My First Piano Adventure Lesson Book B

Nancy and Randall Faber

A simple scale that contains the first five notes of the C Major scale.

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

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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

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

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

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

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

Both hands playing at the same time in either Primary or Early Elementary level works.

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.