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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






2. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






3. E- E






4. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






6. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






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






8. An unessential note that falls on the beat






9. F- F






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






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






12. Occur in all parts.






13. General music is required until grade...






14. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






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






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

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18. Another word for key.






19. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






20. Made larger.






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






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






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






24. American Bandmaster's Association






25. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






28. Highest natural adult male voice






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






30. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






32. Pick up bar.






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






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






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






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






37. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






39. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






41. IV - I






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






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






44. Journal of Research for Music Education






45. 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.






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






47. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






48. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






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






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