Four Sketches Op. 15

Amy Beach

Arpeggios played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

Chromatic scales 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 one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

Notes whose values are one sixth the value of a quarter note.

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

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 8th note rhythms.

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

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

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

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

Notes that are either raised or lowered by two semitones.

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

An accompaniment pattern where the bass alternates between the root and fifth with chords in between.

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 blocked octaves that are played one hand at a time and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

An accompaniment that uses a single bass note, octave, 7th, or tenth on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.

An ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, either a semitone or whole tone apart.

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

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