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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. American Bandmaster's Association






2. Middle C






3. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






4. How high or low a note is.






5. D- D






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






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






8. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






9. 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.






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






11. Combination of aggreable tones.






12. IV - I






13. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






14. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






16. Without key center






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






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






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






20. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






22. E- E






23. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






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






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






26. Chord without a third.






27. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






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






29. 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.






30. Maelzel's Metronome






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






32. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






33. 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.






34. Third tone in a major or minor scale






35. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






36. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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






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






39. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






40. 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.






41. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






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






44. Pick up bar.






45. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






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






47. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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






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






50. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented