Expression

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

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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.

Intervals

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Rhythm

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

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.

Expression

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

Expression

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

Texture

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.