Cool Beans! Vol. 2

Ben Crosland

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

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

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

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

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.