Scales

A scale comprised of only semitones which uses all 12 notes.

Notation

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

Expression

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

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.

Texture

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

Texture

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.

Meter

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

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.

Rhythm

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

Meter

More than one tempo indication used in a single piece or movement.

Rhythm

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