Guarding the Castle Gates by Mike Springer

Accents

Expression

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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Anacrusis

Meter

Sometimes called upbeats or pickup notes; a note or series of notes that precede and give stress to the first downbeat of a piece.

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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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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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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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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Octave Higher or Octave Lower

Notes and Notation

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

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Parallel 5ths

Intervals

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 5th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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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.

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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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Ties

Rhythm

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

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Two Octaves Higher and Lower

Notes and Notation

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

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Guarding the Castle Gates

Mike Springer

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Elements

Accents

Anacrusis

Clef Changes

Crossing Over Thumb

Fermatas

Hand Crossing

Octave Higher or Octave Lower

Parallel 5ths

Shifting Hand Positions

Sustain Pedal

Ties

Two Octaves Higher and Lower

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