Mosaic, Volume 4

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

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

8th Rests

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.

A Tempo

An Italian term meaning "hastening"; an indication instructing the player to increase the speed, often gradually.

Accelerando

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

Accidentals

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

Fermatas

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.

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

A type of waltz accompaniment pattern that uses intermediate skills like shifting, extending, and multiple voices, but without octave leaps.

Intermediate Waltz Accompaniment

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

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

Ritardando

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

Triplets

F Major

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.

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