Album for the Young Op. 68

Robert Schumann

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

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

A scale comprised of only semitones which uses all 12 notes.

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

A type of texture where the contour of the notes in one hand is the exact opposite to that of the other hand as they play simultaneously.

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

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

A type of texture where one hand plays a series of notes that are mimicked in the other hand.

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

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.

Embellishments added to melodies that serve to decorate, increase interest, and allow performers to add their own unique expressiveness.

A series of blocked 3rds that occur several times in a row throughout a piece.

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

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.