Sailing Through Clouds by Florence Price

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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Arpeggios

Chords

Broken chords that have a minimum range of an octave and require thumb crossing.

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Crescendo and Diminuendo

Expression

Indications instructing the player to play gradually louder (crescendo) or softer (diminuendo).

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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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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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Grace Notes

Expression

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

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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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Intermediate Waltz Accompaniment

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of waltz accompaniment pattern that uses intermediate skills like shifting, extending, and multiple voices, but without octave leaps.

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Key Signature Changes

Scales and Hand Positions

More than key signature used in a single piece or movement.

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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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Tenuto

Expression

A type of articulation indicating to the player that a given note should be held for its full value or slightly more.

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Waltz Accompaniment with Leaps

Accompaniment Patterns

A type of advanced waltz accompaniment that requires the left hand to leap, often by an octave or more, down to a chord tone and up to chords.

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Florence Price

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Elements

8th Note Scale Passages

Accidentals

Arpeggios

Crescendo and Diminuendo

Dominant Seventh Chords

Extended Hand Positions

Finger Substitutions

Grace Notes

Intermediate Two Voices in One Hand

Intermediate Waltz Accompaniment

Key Signature Changes

Ledger Lines

Tenuto

Waltz Accompaniment with Leaps

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