Children's Studies Op. 37

Henry Lemoine

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 3rds in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

Notes whose lengths are equal to half the value of one sixteenth note.

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

16th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 32nd notes.

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.

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

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.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked octaves that are played one hand at a time, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 16th note rhythmic values.

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

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

Temporary displacement of established meter by the stressing of a weak beat.

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

The physical motion of crossing fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5 over the thumb; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.