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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






3. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






4. F- F






5. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






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






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






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






11. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






13. American Bandmaster's Association






14. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






15. Made larger.






16. Pick up bar.






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






18. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






19. Another word for key.






20. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






21. 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.






22. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






23. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






24. Without key center






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






30. V - vi






31. Interval of less than a semitone






32. Third tone in a major or minor scale






33. 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.






34. Consists entirely of whole steps.






35. Sounds a minor third higher.






36. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






37. Journal of Research for Music Education






38. D- D






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






40. A- A






41. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






42. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






43. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






45. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






46. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






47. V - I






48. Alto and tenor clefs






49. Tone color or quality of sound.






50. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony