Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

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

Accidentals

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Blocked 6ths

An indication instructing the player to go back to the "S" symbol, then jump to the coda when "al coda" or "to coda" is reached.

D.S. al Coda

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

Quarter Notes

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

Ritardando

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

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

Syncopation

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

Ties

A trembling effect that is achieved by playing rapidly repeating notes in succession. 

Tremolo

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

Energetic

Happy

Editions Musica Ferrum

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