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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






2. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






3. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






4. Highest natural adult male voice






5. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






6. Another word for key.






7. Sounds a minor third higher.






8. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






9. Journal of Research for Music Education






10. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






11. IV - I






12. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






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






14. E- E






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






16. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






17. Background support for a melody.






18. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






19. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






21. Sounds minor seventh higher.






22. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






23. American Choral Director's Association






24. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






25. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






26. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






27. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






28. An unessential note that falls on the beat






29. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






30. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






32. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






34. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






35. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






38. D- D






39. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






40. 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.






41. Combination of aggreable tones.






42. Maelzel's Metronome






43. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






45. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






48. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






49. Second tone in a major/minor scale






50. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.