Cool Beans! Vol. 1

Ben Crosland

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

8th Notes

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

Blocked 4ths

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

Blocked 5ths

Notes whose lengths are equal to one half the value of a whole note.

Half Notes

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

Legato

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

Quarter Notes

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.

Sustain Pedal

C Major

Students build on the technical skills they learned in elementary levels by moving around the keyboard with more fluency, playing faster, playing with more voices, and using more complicated harmonies, melodies, and rhythms.

Early Intermediate

Dreamy

Editions Musica Ferrum

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