How to read the staff
Half notes
Quarter notes
Ties
Eighth notes
Slurs
Pick-ups
1st and 2nd endings
Internal repeats
Crescendo and Decrescendo
Eighth note/eighth rest rhythm
DS al fine &
DC al fine
Articulations
(tenuto, staccato, accent)
Cut time!
16th notes
Syncopation
Dynamics (p, f, mp, mf)
Dotted quarter notes
8th/16th, 16th/8th rhythms
Dotted 8th/16th rhythm
3/8 & 6/8 time signatures
8th note triplets
Enharmonics
Key signatures and accidentals