Becoming: Suite for Solo Piano in Seven Movements

Amy Stephens

The use of notes not in the prevailing mode or diatonic scale of a piece.

More than one time signature used in a single piece or movement.

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

Chord tones played together that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

Also called the damper pedal, it is the rightmost pedal on the piano and used to sustain notes by moving the dampers away from the strings.

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

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

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

An Italian term meaning "delaying"; an indication instructing the player to decrease speed, often gradually.

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes one octave higher than notated.

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-eighth the value of a whole note or half the value of a quarter note.

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

A sign that tells the player to play gradually louder.

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

An Italian term meaning "in time"; an indication instructing the player to return to the original tempo after a deviation.