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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






3. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






5. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






8. Interval of less than a semitone






9. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






10. F- F






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






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






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






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






15. Chord without a third.






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






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






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






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






20. American Choral Director's Association






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






22. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






26. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






28. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






29. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






30. G- G






31. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






34. Second tone in a major/minor scale






35. 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.






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






37. D- D






38. Another word for key.






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






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






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






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






43. Middle C






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






45. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






48. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






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






50. V - vi