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Elements are the teaching concepts inside every piece.
They help you understand what skills are needed to play a particular piece.
Learn more about our elements or explore the most interesting elements below.
Accidentals
Intervals
Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.
Five Finger Scales
Scales and Hand Positions
Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.
Hand Crossing
Hand and Finger Techniques
A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.
Dotted Quarter Notes
Rhythm
Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.
Two Note Slurs
Expression
Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.
Shifting Hand Positions
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.
Imitation
Texture
A type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.
Legato
Expression
A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.
Melodic 2nds
Intervals
Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.
Swing 8ths
Rhythm
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.
16th Rest
Rhythm
Silence that equals the length of one 16th note.
32nd Notes
Rhythm
Notes whose lengths are equal to half the value of one sixteenth note.
