Dragon Dance by Angeline Bell - Piano Music Database

16th Notes

Rhythm

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

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Clef Changes

Notes and Notation

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

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Crescendo and Diminuendo

Expression

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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Crossing Over Thumb

Hand and Finger Techniques

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

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Dotted 8th Notes

Rhythm

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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Dotted Quarter Notes

Rhythm

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

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Fermatas

Rhythm

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

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Glissando

Extended Techniques

A continuous slide upwards or downwards from one note to another.

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Multiple Time Signatures

Meter

More than one time signature used in a single piece or movement.

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Parallel Motion

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.

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Sforzando

Expression

Indications instructing the player to play with sudden emphasis.

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Sustain Pedal

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.

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Dragon Dance

Angeline Bell

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Elements

16th Notes

Clef Changes

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Crossing Over Thumb

Dotted 8th Notes

Dotted Quarter Notes

Fermatas

Glissando

Multiple Time Signatures

Parallel Motion

Sforzando

Sustain Pedal

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