A Poem (from On My Mantelshelf) by Florence Price

8th Note Arpeggios

Chords

Arpeggios played with predominantly 8th note rhythms.

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8th Note Scale Passages

Scales and Hand Positions

Passages with constant step-wise motion and mainly 8th note rhythmic values.

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Blocked Chord Accompaniment With Leaps

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment pattern where the hand regularly moves distances greater than an octave to play a series of blocked chords.

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Clef Changes

Notes and Notation

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

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Extended 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.

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Finger Substitutions

Hand and Finger Techniques

Using a different finger on the same notes or switching the finger while holding a note.

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Hand Crossing

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves one hand crossing over or under the other.

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Intermediate 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.

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Ledger Lines

Notes and Notation

Additional lines added above or below the staff in order to place very high or very low notes that wouldn't normally fit on the staff.

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Parallel Motion

Texture

A type texture that occurs when the contour, distance, and speed of the notes in one hand matches that of the other hand as they play together.

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Parallel Octaves

Intervals

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

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Two Note Slurs

Expression

Two notes connected together smoothly where the second note is played softer and lighter.

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A Poem (from On My Mantelshelf)

Florence Price

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Elements

8th Note Arpeggios

8th Note Scale Passages

Blocked Chord Accompaniment With Leaps

Clef Changes

Extended Hand Positions

Finger Substitutions

Hand Crossing

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Ledger Lines

Parallel Motion

Parallel Octaves

Two Note Slurs

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