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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






4. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






6. G- G






7. Distance between any two notes






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






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






10. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






11. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






14. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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






16. Middle C






17. Chord without a third.






18. 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.






19. Without key center






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






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






22. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






24. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






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






28. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






29. Glissando in vocal music






30. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






31. C- C






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

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






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






35. V - vi






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






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






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






39. American Choral Director's Association






40. Another word for key.






41. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






42. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






43. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






45. F- F






46. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






50. Sounds a minor third higher.