24 Brilliant Preludes Op. 37

Giuseppe Concone

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 16th note rhythmic values.

16th Note Scale Passages

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

Accidentals

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

Blocked Chords

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

Legato

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

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

16th Note Double Scale Passages

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

16th Notes

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence. 

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

Left Hand Melody

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

8th Notes

Ornamentations that are notated in a smaller size than normal notes and played slightly before them.

Grace Notes

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.

Whole Rests

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

8th Rests

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

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 half note.

Half Rests

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

Ties

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Fermatas

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

Extended Hand Positions

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

Crossing Over Thumb

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.

Prelude in E Major Op. 37, No. 17

Giuseppe Concone

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