5 Improvisations Op. 148

Amy Beach

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 16th note rhythms.

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

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

A type of technically challenging and musically complex texture where one or both hands play several voices simultaneously.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 4th of any quality.

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 5th of any quality.

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

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

A type of articulation indicating the player to play short and light; notes not held for their full value.

An indication instructing the player to play extremely softly; softer than pianissimo.

A series of notes played in both hands, one at a time while alternating with each other, using predominantly 8th note rhythms.

The use of notes not in the prevailing mode or diatonic scale of a piece.

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern and use predominantly 16th notes.

Leaps greater than an octave that are to be executed at a fast speed and in succession. 