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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Interval of less than a semitone






2. E- E






3. Background support for a melody.






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






5. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






6. Maelzel's Metronome






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






8. American Bandmaster's Association






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






10. Sounds minor seventh higher.






11. I - IV - V






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






13. Natural Pitch






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






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






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






17. How high or low a note is.






18. F- F






19. Scale made entirely of semitones.






20. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






21. American Choral Director's Association






22. Glissando in jazz music






23. Middle C






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






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






26. Made larger.






27. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






28. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






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






30. C- C






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






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






33. 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.






34. IV - I






35. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






37. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






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






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






40. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






41. A- A






42. Made smaller.






43. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






44. I - V ii - V IV - V






45. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






48. American String Teachers Assocation






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






50. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.