Chords

Four-note chords comprised of the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th, and minor 7th.

Chords

Chords with an alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed on the top and the 3rd and 5th below.

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.

Expression

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

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

Rhythm

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

Rhythm

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