Romance in D Major

Arpeggiated Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment pattern that uses mainly arpeggios in any configuration and with any rhythmic values.

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Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

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

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Chord Voicing

Chords

Playing chords while simultaneously bringing out and phrasing one of the notes as a melody.

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Clef Changes

Notes and Notation

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

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Extended Hand Positions

Hand and Finger Techniques

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

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Four Note Chords

Chords

Chords played with four notes (including seventh chords) that usually require stretching beyond a five finger position.

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Grace Notes

Expression

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

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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Large Hand Stretches

Hand and Finger Techniques

Intervals and chords played in one hand that require significant stretching between at least two notes and where the outer intervals reach further than an octave.

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Leaps Greater Than an Octave

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

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Ledger Lines

Notes and Notation

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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Melody Between Hands

Texture

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

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Melody In Inner Voice

Texture

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Parallel Octaves with Inner Notes

Intervals

A series of blocked octaves that are played one hand at a time and where additional notes of different qualities are added in between the octaves.

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Pianissimo

Expression

An indication instructing the player to play very softly; softer than piano.

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