Giga

 Giga = lively baroque dance, normally the last piece in a dance suite
 Piece number 3 from the section “Lesson 2” in the book “A set of progressive
lessons”
 Op. = opus = work
 Allegro con brio = fast and lively, with spirit
 metronome marking = approximately 92-104 dotted crotchets per minute
 time signature = 2 dotted crotchets per bar (compound duple)
 key = C major, because the key signature has no sharps or flats
 dotted crotchet rest
 accidental
 repeat signs
Bourree

 Bourree = a French Dance normally in quick duple time

 GWV = publisher’s number
 Allegro = fast and lively
 Metronome Marking = approximately 80-84 minims per minute
 time signature = cut common time = 2 minims per bar
 key = E minor, because there is an F# in the key signature and D# accidentals in
the piece
 anacrusis
 staccato = short and detached
 caesura = take a breath
The mill
 This piece is about a windmill.
 Op. = opus = work
 Moderato = Moderate speed
 Metronome marking = 120 crotchets per minute
 Gurlitt = composer
 Key signature = no sharps or flats;
Key = C major
 staccato = play short and detached
 accidental (e.g. bar 5 B flat) = a sharp/flat/natural that is not in the key signature
 poco rall. = poco rallentando = gradually getting a little (poco) slower
 a tempo = back to the original speed
 senza ritard. = senza ritardando = don’t slow down gradually

Toccata
 Toccata = a piece that shows off your technique – this one shows off your ability
to play staccatos and slurs
 No 3 from Melodien-Schatz = Toccata is piece number 3 in the book, Melodien-
Schatz
 B 71 = publisher’s number
 Smetana = composer
 Mosso = with motion
 metronome marking = 76 to 88 crotchets per minute
 structure = ternary form (section A bar 1-8, section B bar 9-12, section A bar 13-
end)
 key signature = F# and C#
key = D major
 time signature = 2 crotchets per bar (simple duple)
 > accent (e.g. bar 1) = play with force
 slur = connect the notes
 bar 8: left hand splits into two parts, top and bottom
  mf = mezzo forte = moderately loud

Barcarolle
 Barcarolle = a song sung by gondaliers
 “easy going pieces” = the book that this piece comes from
 Salter = composer
 gently = the mood or character of the piece
 metronome marking = 60 dotted crotchets a minute
 time signature = 2 dotted crotchets per bar (compound duple)
 key = F major because there’s a B flat in the key signature
 crescendo = gradually getting louder
 natural (an accidental)
 sharp (an accidental)
 tie = hold for the combined value of the 2 notes
 structure = binary form (section A bar 1 – 8, section B bar 9 – end)
Rollin’ in the canonfields

 canon = a piece of music where one part copies the other part
 “A canonical adventure” = the book that this piece comes from
 Allegretto = moderately fast and lively
 Scherzando = playfully
 metronome marking = approximately 120 crotchets per minute
 key = G major because there is an F sharp in the key signature
 time signature = Common time = 4 crotchets per bar
 staccato = short and detached
 slur = connect the notes
Plaisir d’amour

Title = Plaisir d’amour = the pleasure of love

Composer = Martini

Arranged by Dennis Alexander = he wrote the piece for piano (was originally a
song)

Structure = Ternary form = 3 sections (A,B,A)

Tempo/speed marking = Moderato = moderate speed

Metronome marking = 108 to 116 crotchets per minute

Key signature = F#

 Key = G major

Time signature = 3 crotchet beats per bar

Crotchet rest = 1 beat rest

Pedal markings

Anacrusis (a musical introduction)

Crescendo = gradually getting louder

Tie = hold for the combined value

decrescendo = gradually getting softer

ritard. = ritardando = gradually getting slower

(seconda volta) = the second time

mf = mezzo forte = moderately loud

poco riten. = poco ritenuto = little slower

da capo al Fine = go back to the beginning and play through to the ‘Fine’

Fine = Finish

Accidental = a sharp or flat that is not in the key signature

Round the garden

 canon = a piece of music where one part copies the other part (RH copies the
LH)

 the book that this piece comes from

 composer
 metronome marking =
 key = C major because there are no sharps or flats in the key signature
 time signature =
 staccato = short and detached
 slur = connect the notes

…
A Merry Tune

Composer

Metronome marking =

Key = D major because there’s an F# and a C# in the key signature

Time signature =

Accidental = sharp, flat or natural that is not in the key signature

Light Blue

Piano Grooves I = the book that this piece comes from

A gentle walking pace = the speed or tempo of the piece

(1) [see bottom of page] = swing the quavers

metronome marking = approximately 100 crotchets per minute

key = F major because there’s a B flat in the key signature

time signature = C = common time = 4 crotchets per bar

tie (e.g. between 2 Fs in bar 1, 2 and 3) = hold the note for the
combined value

mp = mezzo piano = moderately soft

structure of the piece = ternary form = section A (bar 1), section B (bar
5), section A (bar 9 to the end)

quaver triplet (e.g. bar 6 LH) = 3 quavers played in the time of 2

ritard. (bar 12) = ritardando = gradually slowing down

fermata (bar 13) = hold for as long as you please

TWO CANONS

Canon = a piece where 1 part copies another part (left hand copies
right hand here)

metronome marking = 69 minims per minute

key = F major

 key signature B flat

time signature = Common time = 4 crotchets per bar

tenuto = hold the note for its full value and give it a small emphasis

full bar rest

staccato = short and detached

L’istesso tempo = same speed as before

minim rest

slur = connect the notes

tie = hold the note for the combined value

un poco ritardando = gradually slow down a little

Ecossaise für militarmusik

ecossaise = means “Scottish” = it is an energetic country dance in

duple time (2 strong beats per bar)

militarmusik = means “military music” = this is a march

allegretto = moderately fast and lively

metronome marking = approximately 112 crotchets per minute

key = G major

key signature = F#

time signature = 2 crotchets per bar

anacrusis (musical introduction)

da capo al Fine = go back to the beginning and play until the “Fine”

Fine = the finish

quaver rest

structure = ternary form = section A bar 1-8, section B bar 8-16, section
A bar 1-8
Boogie Blues

12 bar blues =

 Chord I x 4,
 Chord IV x 2,
 Chord I x 2,
 Chord V x1,
 Chord IV x 1,
 Chord I x2 OR IF REPEATING this would be Chord I x 1 and then Chord V x1

Structure of this piece = uses 12 bar blues form

 G major 12 bar blues structure with 2 extra bars of Chord I (G major) at the
start as intro –
(intro) G G G G
G G G G C C G G D C G G ; and then
 Different middle section in E minor – (bar 17 to 24) Em Em Am Am Em Em D D
 last section G major 12 bar blues structure (bar 25 – 36) –
GGGGCCGGDCGG
to finish the last 2 bars is repeated slowly

This piece is in blues style because uses 12 bar blues form, the 3rd 5th and 7th notes of
the key are sometimes flattened to give the ‘blues’ sound (i.e. using the blues scale),
swinging quavers

Kay Hicks Ward = American composer