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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






9. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






10. Sounds minor seventh higher.






11. Glissando in vocal music






12. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






15. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






16. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






17. F- F






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






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






20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






23. Without key center






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






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






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






27. How high or low a note is.






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






29. Distance between any two notes






30. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






32. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






34. D- D






35. A- A






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






37. Scale made entirely of semitones.






38. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






40. Glissando in jazz music






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






42. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






45. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






47. V - vi






48. Occur in all parts.






49. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






50. Tone color or quality of sound.