24 Brilliant Preludes Op. 37

Giuseppe Concone

Arpeggios played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

16th Note Arpeggios

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Blocked Chords

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

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

Staccato

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

Extended Hand Positions

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

Parallel Motion

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

Blocked Chord Accompaniment

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

Melody Between Hands

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

Indications placed above or below notes instructing the player to hold those notes longer than their original notated length.

Fermatas

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.

Sustain Pedal

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

16th Notes

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 values are 1+3/4 times greater than its original value.

Double Dotted 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

Whole Notes

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

Half Rests

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.

Prelude in B Minor Op. 37, No. 22

Giuseppe Concone

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