5 Improvisations Op. 148

Amy Beach

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 8th note rhythms.

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 7th of any quality.

Notes that are either raised or lowered by two semitones.

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

When one hand plays above or below the other for an extended period of time, often used alongside Hand Crossing.

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.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Notes whose values are determined by a subdivision into three-note groupings instead of two or four.

More than one clef used in a staff in a single piece or movement.

Arpeggios played with predominantly triplet rhythms.

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

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.

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

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.