Cool Beans! Vol. 2

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

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Accidentals

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

Octave Higher and Octave Lower

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

Sforzando

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

A technique of playing 8th notes where the first 8th note is held longer than the second of a grouping of two; used often in jazz and blues.

Swing 8ths

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

Syncopation

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

Two Note Slurs

D Minor

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

Energetic

Suspenseful

Editions Musica Ferrum

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