Difficulty levels for repertoire are indicated using numbers 1–10. This approach was modeled after the system found in The Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature by Jane Magrath.
In an effort to create the most intuitive list, individual techniques are found within an umbrella category. For example, the technique "staccato" is found under the umbrella category "articulation." The technique "left-hand melody" is found under the category "voicing." A complete list of techniques with links to examples appears below.
In our database, techniques are associated with a work if they are significant to the search for repertoire. We determined that teachers would want to search by techniques for two reasons: (1) the technique is a new hurdle for the student or (2) the technique pervades a work.
20th Century Techniques
Accompaniment
Articulation
Chords
Coordination
Counterpoint
Musicality
Ornaments
Other
Runs and Figurations
Shifts
Voicing
20th Century Techniques — Aleatoric (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — Contemporary Notation
20th Century Techniques — Free Rhythm (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — Indeterminate (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — No Bar Lines (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — Non-keyboard Sounds
20th Century Techniques — Playing Inside Piano (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — Prepared Piano (no example available)
20th Century Techniques — Tone Clusters
Accompaniment — Alberti/Rotation
Accompaniment — Arpeggiated Between Hands
Accompaniment — Arpeggiated with Finger Cross
Accompaniment — Broken Chord/Circular
Accompaniment — Chordal
Accompaniment — Jump Bass/Oom-Pah
Accompaniment — Ostinato
Accompaniment — Waltz
Articulation — 2-note Slurs
Articulation — 3-note Slurs
Articulation — Accents
Articulation — Legato
Articulation — Mixed Legato/Staccato
Articulation — Non-legato
Articulation — Staccato
Chords — Chorale
Chords — Clusters (no example available)
Chords — Dyads
Chords — First Inversion Triads
Chords — Full Triads
Chords — Holding in Hand
Chords — Intervals 2nds
Chords — Intervals 3rds
Chords — Intervals 4ths
Chords — Intervals 5ths
Chords — Intervals 6ths
Chords — Intervals 7ths
Chords — Intervals 8ves
Chords — Large/Thick Chords
Chords — Rolled Chords
Coordination — Alternating Hands
Coordination — Close/Interlocked Hands
Coordination — Contrary Motion
Coordination — Hand Crossing
Coordination — Parallel Motion
Coordination — Syncopation
Counterpoint — 2-Voice
Counterpoint — 3-Voice
Counterpoint — 4-Voice
Counterpoint — 5+-Voice
Musicality — Accelarando/Rubato/Ritard
Musicality — Dynamic Contrasts
Musicality — Mixed Meter
Musicality — Non-overlapping Pedal
Musicality — Overlapping Pedal
Musicality — Sostenuto
Musicality — Una corda
Ornaments — Glissandos
Ornaments — Grace Notes/Appoggiatura
Ornaments — Long Trills
Ornaments — Tremolos
Ornaments — Trills/Turns/Mordents/Etc.
Runs and Figurations — 5-Finger Patterns
Runs and Figurations — Arpeggiated Chords
Runs and Figurations — Cadenza
Runs and Figurations — Double Notes
Runs and Figurations — Fioratura
Runs and Figurations — Repeated Chords
Runs and Figurations — Repeated Notes
Runs and Figurations — Scalar