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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Maelzel's Metronome






3. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Background support for a melody.






9. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






10. Without key center






11. F- F






12. Distance between any two notes






13. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






14. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






15. Glissando in vocal music






16. Glissando in jazz music






17. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






19. American Bandmaster's Association






20. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






21. V - I






22. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






23. A- A






24. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






26. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






27. Chord without a third.






28. Pick up bar.






29. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






31. Highest natural adult male voice






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






33. 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.






34. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






36. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






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






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






39. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






40. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






41. 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.






42. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






43. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






44. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






45. Occur in all parts.






46. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






47. E- E






48. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






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






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