16th Notes
Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.
8th Notes
Notes whose lengths are equal to one-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.
Accidentals
Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.
Broken 5ths Accompaniment
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken 5th intervals with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
Crescendo and Diminuendo
Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).
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.
Legato
A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.
Melodic 5ths
Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.
Melodic 6ths
Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.
Ties
Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.
Whole Rests
Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.
- Hands Separate Practice
- Play Small Segments
- Slow Practice