Notation

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

Texture

A type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

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.

Scales

Commonly used diatonic scales with the following sequence of intervals: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

Expression

Embellishments added to melodies that serve to decorate, increase interest, and allow performers to add their own unique expressiveness.

Texture

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

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

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

Rhythm

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