Four Sketches Op. 15

Amy Beach

Arpeggios played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

Chromatic scales using predominantly 16th note rhythms.

Passages with constant step-wise motion in both hands simultaneously using predominantly 16th 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 16th note rhythms.

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

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

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.

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

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

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.

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

Arpeggios of any speed that have a minimum span of two octaves.

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

A four note chord consisting of a triad and a note that is a seventh (of any quality) above the root.

A series of notes played in both hands, one at a time while alternating with each other, using predominantly 16th note 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.