Gesang der Pilger

May Flowers Op. 61

Theodor Oesten

Indications instructing the player to put special emphasis on notes.

Accents

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

Crescendo and Diminuendo

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

Legato

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

Melodic Octaves

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

Quarter Notes

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

Blocked 3rds

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 where only one note is played at a time but with large intervals, many hand positions, and complex rhythms.

Intermediate Single Note Accompaniment

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

Extended Hand Positions

A sign placed in front of a note that returns its pitch back to normal (returning to a white key).

Natural

A sign placed in front of a note that raises its pitch by a half step.

Sharp

A sign placed in front of a note that lowers its pitch by a half step.

Flat

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

Accidentals

An indication instructing the player to play softly.

Piano

A sign that tells the player to play gradually softer.

Diminuendo

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

A type of texture where one or both hands play more than one voice at a time; usually briefly and with simple rhythms.

Simple Two Voices in One Hand

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 7th of any quality.

Blocked 7ths

Silence that equals the length of one quarter note.

Quarter Rests

Silence that equals the length of one whole note or an entire measure in 4/4 or 3/4.

Whole Rests

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

Dotted Quarter Notes

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

The Pilgrim’s Song Op. 61, No. 22

Theodor Oesten

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