• Music Tutorials
• Piano Tutorials
• Quick Lessons
• My Videos

• Music Tutorials
  • Introduction
  • Structure of Music Notation
  • Letters and Notes
  • Rhythm & Time Signature
  • Accidentals & Key Signature
  • Musical Terminology
  • Additional Info
• Piano Tutorials
  • Introduction
  • Hand Positions
  • Hand-Eye Coordination
  • Practice & Sample Music
  • Additional Info
• Quick Lessons
  • Introduction
  • Canon in D
  • Flight of the Bumble Bee
  • Für Elise
  • Moonlight Sonata
  • Turkish March
  • Unfaithful
• Piano Info
  • Why Learn Piano?
  • This Website and You
  • Private Lessons Info Sheet
• Extras
  • FAQ
  • Videos

Lesson 5: Terms - Review

1. Tempo
• The tempo is the speed of music.
2. Dynamics
• Dynamics describe the volume, loudness or softness, of music.
3. Expression
• Expressional terms express the emotions felt by music.
• The piano player performs the expression through his/her interpretation of the expression.
4. Embellishments
• Embellishments are symbols that represent specific patterns of notes.
5. Structural
• Structural terms describe special rules used in music notation.