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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. D- D






3. Maelzel's Metronome






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






10. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






12. C- C






13. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






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






17. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






18. A- A






19. Third tone in a major or minor scale






20. Sounds a minor third higher.






21. V - vi






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






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






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






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






26. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






27. Made larger.






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. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






32. G- G






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






34. Scale made entirely of semitones.






35. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






38. American String Teachers Assocation






39. Interval of less than a semitone






40. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






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






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






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






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






45. I - IV - V






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






47. 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.






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






49. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






50. IV - I