Forest Scenes, Mvt. 1 - Allegretto 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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Accidentals

Intervals

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

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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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Chord Inversions

Chords

Chords with alternate ordering of their tones where the root is placed either in the middle or at the top of the chord.

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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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Double Accidentals

Intervals

Notes that are either raised or lowered by two semitones.

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Grace Notes

Expression

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

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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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Harmonic Minor Scale

Scales and Hand Positions

A type of minor scale comprised of a raised 7th degree.

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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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Left Hand Melody

Texture

A type of texture where the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment for an extended period of time.

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Melodic Octaves

Intervals

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

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Octave Higher or Octave Lower

Notes and Notation

Symbols that indicate playing a note or range of notes either an octave higher or lower than notated.

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Ostinato

Accompaniment Patterns

A continually repeated phrase or rhythm.

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Parallel 3rds

Intervals

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.

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Parallel 4ths

Intervals

A series of any amount or quality of blocked 4th intervals that are played in one hand, and where both notes move up or down in parallel motion.

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Forest Scenes, Mvt. 1 - Allegretto

Florence Price

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Elements

8th Note Arpeggios

8th Note Scale Passages

Accidentals

Blocked Chord Accompaniment With Leaps

Chord Inversions

Clef Changes

Double Accidentals

Grace Notes

Hand Crossing

Harmonic Minor Scale

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Ledger Lines

Left Hand Melody

Melodic Octaves

Octave Higher or Octave Lower

Ostinato

Parallel 3rds

Parallel 4ths

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