Rhythm

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

Rhythm

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

Texture

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Notation

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.

Meter

More than one time signature used in a single piece or movement.

Expression

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

Notation

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

Expression

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.

Rhythm

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

Intervals

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

Rhythm

Notes that are tied for extended periods, often over several measures.