Florence Price: Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo

Florence Price

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

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

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

Chords comprised of the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th, and minor 7th. Sometimes they are found in close position with only three notes.

8th notes whose lengths are increased by half; equal to three 16th notes.

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

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.

More than key signature used in a single piece or movement.

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.

Leaps greater than an octave that are to be executed at a fast speed and in succession. 

A blocked chord whose notes are played quickly in succession which gives the chord a harp-like sound.

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

An accompaniment pattern that mainly uses the root, 5th, and octave, in varying order, and usually with steady rhythms. 