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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






2. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






3. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






4. F- F






5. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






6. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






7. Maelzel's Metronome






8. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






9. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






10. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






11. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






12. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






13. How high or low a note is.






14. Middle C






15. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






16. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






17. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






18. Scale made entirely of semitones.






19. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






20. Tone color or quality of sound.






21. Journal of Research for Music Education






22. Another word for key.






23. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.






24. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






25. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






26. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






27. Organization of musical notes in time.






28. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






29. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






30. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






31. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






32. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






33. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






34. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






35. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






36. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






37. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






38. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






39. E- E






40. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






41. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






42. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






43. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






44. Sounds a minor third higher.






45. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






46. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






47. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






48. Combination of aggreable tones.






49. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






50. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.