Rhythm

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

Intervals

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

Intervals

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

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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.

Expression

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

Rhythm

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.