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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Background support for a melody.






3. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






4. D- D






5. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






6. Sounds a minor third higher.






7. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






8. IV - I






9. F- F






10. Another word for key.






11. Scale made entirely of semitones.






12. B- B






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






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






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






24. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






25. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






27. Chord without a third.






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






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






30. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






31. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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






33. Organization of musical notes in time.






34. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






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






37. Combination of aggreable tones.






38. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






39. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






40. Without key center






41. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






43. Middle C






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






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






46. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






48. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






50. 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.