24 Brilliant Preludes Op. 37

Giuseppe Concone

Arpeggios played with predominantly 16th note rhythms.

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

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

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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

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

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

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.

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.

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses repeating blocked 3rds in a single position with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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

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

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

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Silence that equals the length of one half note.

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

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

A sign that tells the player to play gradually louder.

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

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