Ticklin' Toes
Florence Price
Difficulty Level
Style
16th Notes
Rhythm
Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.
Search8th Note Parallel 3rds
Intervals
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.
SearchBlocked Chord Accompaniment
Accompaniment Patterns
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses root-position major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
SearchBroken 5ths Accompaniment
Accompaniment Patterns
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken 5th intervals with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
SearchBroken Chord Accompaniment
Accompaniment Patterns
A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords in varying note configurations, with simple or slow-moving rhythms.
SearchExtended Hand Positions
Hand and Finger Techniques
Hand positions that require stretching beyond a five finger scale; usually to play intervals that are 6ths or greater.
SearchHand Crossing
Hand and Finger Techniques
A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.
SearchIntermediate Two Voices in One Hand
Texture
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.
SearchShifting Hand Positions
Hand and Finger Techniques
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.
SearchTwo Note Slurs
Expression
Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.
SearchIntermediate Ragtime Accompaniment
Accompaniment Patterns
A ragtime left hand pattern that regularly uses skills like small shifts, extensions, and multiple voices, but does not have leaps greater than an octave.
SearchTitle
Ticklin' Toes
Composer
Publisher
Year
1933
Instrumentation
Solo Piano
Key Signature
Time Signature
# of Measures
56
Student Type
Teaching Tips
Block the Broken Chords,
Focus on the Left Hand Accompaniment Patterns,
Hands Separate Practice,
Isolate Finger Five,
Isolate Single Notes Within Chords,
Isolate Voices,
Map Out Hand Position Shifts,
Play Only the Bottom Note of the Accompaniment Pattern,
Play Small Segments,
Play Without the Ornaments,
Tap and Count,
Tap One Hand While Playing the Other