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

Simple five-note scales whose notes fit within a comfortable hand shape; applied when more than one such scale appears in a piece.

Five Finger Scales

A trembling effect that is achieved by playing rapidly repeating notes in succession. 

Tremolo

An ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, either a semitone or whole tone apart.

Trills

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

Two Note Slurs

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.

Parallel 3rds

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

Blocked 3rds Accompaniment

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.

Parallel 6ths

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

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

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

Legato

Silence that equals the length of one 8th note.

8th Rests

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

Diminuendo

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

Fermatas

An indication instructing the player to play loudly.

Forte

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

Clef Changes

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

Ties

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-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

16th 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.

Prelude in F Minor Op. 37, No. 10

Giuseppe Concone

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