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.
Accents
Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.
Blocked Chord Accompaniment
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses root-position major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
Clef Changes
More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.
Dotted 8th Notes
8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.
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.
Left Hand Melody
A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.
Legato
A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.
Repeated Single Notes
The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.
Staccato
A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.
- Highlight Dynamic Contrasts
- Isolate Voices
- Play Small Segments
- Slow Practice