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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Made smaller.






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






4. Scale made entirely of semitones.






5. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






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






7. Alto and tenor clefs






8. A- A






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






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






11. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






13. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






16. American Choral Director's Association






17. 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.






18. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






19. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






20. Natural Pitch






21. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






22. 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.






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






24. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






25. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






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






27. Sounds a minor third higher.






28. Glissando in vocal music






29. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






30. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






31. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






32. G- G






33. 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.






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






35. C- C






36. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






38. I - V ii - V IV - V






39. Organization of musical notes in time.






40. I - IV - V






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






42. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






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






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






45. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






46. How high or low a note is.






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






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






49. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






50. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.