5 Improvisations Op. 148

Amy Beach

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

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.

A type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

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.

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 3rd 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 6th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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.

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

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

A type of writing that lacks a tonal center, or key.

The use of notes not in the prevailing mode or diatonic scale of a piece.

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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