24 Brilliant Preludes Op. 37

Giuseppe Concone

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

16th Notes

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

16th Note Scale Passages

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

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

Accidentals

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

Legato

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

Trills

An accompaniment pattern that uses a series of broken intervals of any distance or quality.

Broken Intervals Accompaniment

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 3rd of any quality.

Melodic 3rds

Two notes played in succession, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

Melodic 2nds

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

8th Note Scale Passages

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.

Crossing Thumb Under

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 texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

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 series of blocked 3rds that occur several times in a row throughout a piece.

Repeated 3rds

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

Fermatas

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

Mezzo Forte

A sign that tells the player to play gradually louder.

Crescendo

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

Diminuendo

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

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

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

Half Notes

Whole Notes

Half notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three quarter notes.

Prelude in G-flat Major Op. 37, No. 13

Giuseppe Concone

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