Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

Symbols that indicate different measures to play during repeated sections.

1st and 2nd Endings

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

8th Notes

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

Anacrusis

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses root-position major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

Extended Hand Positions

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 short and light; notes not held for their full value.

Staccato

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

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

Ties

D Minor

Students begin playing harmonies, moving around the keyboard, extending beyond five-finger positions, playing more expressively, and mastering broader technical skills needed for more complex music to come.

Late Elementary

Energetic

Editions Musica Ferrum

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