Florence Price: Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo

Florence Price

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

An accompaniment pattern where the hand regularly moves distances greater than an octave to play a series of blocked chords.

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

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

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

Using a different finger on the same notes or switching the finger while holding a note.

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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.

More than key signature used in a single piece or movement.

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

Commonly used diatonic scales with the following sequence of intervals: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

A simple melody line shared by both the right hand and the left hand.

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.

An indication to play in an unconnected manner, as opposed to legato, but not as short as staccato. Also called "non-legato".

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-fourth the value of a whole note.

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

A change from one tonal center to another, with or without an accompanying key change.