The Road Back Home by Ben Crosland - Piano Music Database

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 5ths Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 5ths in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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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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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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Legato

Expression

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

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Parallel 3rds

Intervals

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.

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Quarter Notes

Rhythm

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

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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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The Road Back Home

Ben Crosland

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Elements

8th Notes

Blocked 5ths Accompaniment

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Extended Hand Positions

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Legato

Parallel 3rds

Quarter Notes

Sustain Pedal

Ties

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