Jane by Angeline Bell - Piano Music Database

8th Note Broken Chord Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 8th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

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8th Note Scale Passages

Scales and Hand Positions

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

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8th Notes

Rhythm

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

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Blocked Octaves

Intervals

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a octave.

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Broken Chords

Chords

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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Broken Root-5th-Octave Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment pattern that mainly uses the root, 5th, and octave, in varying order, and usually with steady rhythms.

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Chord Inversions

Chords

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

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Crescendo and Diminuendo

Expression

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

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Extended Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.

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Forte

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

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Fortissimo

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

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.

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Ledger Lines

Notes and Notation

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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Mezzo Forte

Expression

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

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Mezzo Piano

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play moderately soft; between mezzo forte and piano.

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Piano

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

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Ritardando

Meter

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

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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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Syncopation

Rhythm

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

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Tenuto

Expression

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

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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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Jane

Angeline Bell

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Elements

8th Note Broken Chord Accompaniment

8th Note Scale Passages

8th Notes

Blocked Octaves

Broken Chords

Broken Root-5th-Octave Accompaniment

Chord Inversions

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Extended Hand Positions

Forte

Fortissimo

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Ledger Lines

Mezzo Forte

Mezzo Piano

Piano

Ritardando

Sustain Pedal

Syncopation

Tenuto

Ties

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