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

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

Accidentals

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

Clef Changes

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided in groupings of three instead of two.

Compound Time Signature

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Dotted Half Notes

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

Fermatas

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

Ledger Lines

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

Legato

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

Melancholic

Nostalgic

Editions Musica Ferrum

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