Children's Studies Op. 37

Henry Lemoine

A type of accompaniment pattern that uses a persistent 8th note rhythm with broken chords, in varying note configurations.

An Italian term meaning "hastening";
an indication instructing the player to increase the speed,

often gradually.

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

A time signature where the fundamental beat is subdivided in groupings of three instead of two.

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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.

Quarter notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 8th notes.

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of an octave of any quality.

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

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.

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

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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

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

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

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

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

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.