Let's Dance!

Nannie Louise Wright

Charming waltz in A-B-A format. Superb prep for Chopin waltzes (and his Polonaise in Gm Op Post!)

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

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.

A type of advanced waltz accompaniment that requires the left hand to leap, often by an octave or more, down to a chord tone and up to chords.

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

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

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