In Summer Fields, Mvt. 1 - Beside a Quiet Lake by Florence Price

Accidentals

Intervals

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

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Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment that uses a variety of blocked intervals with a relatively equal rate of occurrence.

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Blocked Octaves

Intervals

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a octave.

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Broken Chords

Chords

Chord tones played one note at a time that are not part of an accompaniment pattern.

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Dominant Seventh Chords

Chords

Chords comprised of the root, major 3rd, perfect 5th, and minor 7th. Sometimes they are found in close position with only three notes.

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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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Half Notes

Rhythm

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

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Intermediate Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment pattern that primarily uses blocked chords and often requires shifting, stretching, or leaping.

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Intermediate Broken Chord Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

An accompaniment pattern that primarily uses broken chords and often requires shifting, stretching, or leaping.

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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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Leaps Greater Than an Octave

Hand and Finger Techniques

A technique that involves quickly shifting hands beyond an octave.

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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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Major Scales

Scales and Hand Positions

Commonly used diatonic scales with the following sequence of intervals: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.

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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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Suspensions

Chords

Notes that are held while the harmony changes, often creating dissonance or tension.

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Ties

Rhythm

Symbols indicating that two notes are to be played as one with the value equal to their sum.

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In Summer Fields, Mvt. 1 - Beside a Quiet Lake

Florence Price

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Elements

Accidentals

Blocked Intervals Accompaniment

Blocked Octaves

Broken Chords

Dominant Seventh Chords

Grace Notes

Half Notes

Intermediate Blocked Chord Accompaniment

Intermediate Broken Chord Accompaniment

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Leaps Greater Than an Octave

Ledger Lines

Major Scales

Parallel 3rds

Suspensions

Ties

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