Maskentanz

May Flowers Op. 61

Theodor Oesten

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

16th Notes

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

An indication instructing the player to go back to the beginning of a piece and play until "Fine".

D.C. al Fine

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

Forte

A type of articulation indicating the player to play smoothly and seamlessly, with the notes slightly overlapped.

Legato

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Piano

The same note that occurs several times in a row throughout a piece.

Repeated Notes

A symbol indicating that a section should be repeated.

Repeat Sign

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

Staccato

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

Chord Inversions

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

Seventh Chords

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

Accidentals

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

Sharp

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

Key Signature Changes

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

Broken Chords

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 6th of any quality.

Melodic 6ths

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

Ledger Lines

The physical motion of crossing the thumb under fingers 2, 3, 4, or 5; used when playing scalar passages or outside of five finger scales.

Crossing Thumb Under

A technique that requires the player to pick up and move their hand to a new position; usually from a five finger scale to another.

Shifting Hand Positions

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

Extended Hand Positions

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

8th Notes

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

Quarter Notes

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

Half Notes

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

Masked Ball Op. 61, No. 13

Theodor Oesten

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