Magic Beans!

Ben Crosland

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

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

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 simple hand position where only F#, G#, and A# are played; almost always notated with off-staff notation.

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

A simple hand position where only C# and D# are played; almost always notated with off-staff notation.

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either two octaves higher or lower than notated.

A method of teaching piano music without notation; usually by copying the teacher.