Amy Beach

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

16th Note Scale Passages

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

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 3rd intervals that are played in one hand and move up or down in primarily 8th note rhythms.

A series of blocked octaves that are played one hand at a time and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

A trembling effect that is achieved by playing rapidly repeating notes in succession. 

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

A type of advanced waltz accompaniment that requires the left hand to leap, often by an octave or more, down to a chord tone and up to chords.

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

Tremolos played in both hands simultaneously.

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

An indication instructing the player to play very loudly; louder than forte.

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

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