Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Accidentals

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

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

Blocked 5ths

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Blocked 6ths

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

Legato

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

Parallel Motion

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

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

Tenuto

C Major

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

Mysterious

Editions Musica Ferrum

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