16th Notes
Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.
Broken Chord Accompaniment
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
Chord Inversions
Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.
Extended Hand Positions
Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.
Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand
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.
Ornaments
Embellishments added to melodies that serve to decorate, increase interest, and allow performers to add their own unique expressiveness.
Simple Two Voices in One Hand
A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.
Staccato
A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.
Syncopation
Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.
Two Note Slurs
Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.
- Block the Broken Chords
- Hands Separate Practice
- Highlight the Contrast in Articulation
- Play Small Segments
- Practice Scalar Passages in Rhythms
- Study the Contour of the Individual Voices