Expression

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Intervals

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Notation

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

Expression

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

Rhythm

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

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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.

Notation

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Rhythm

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

Meter

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

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

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

Notation

Beams that connect notes in the left hand and right hand; used when a single voice is played between both hands.