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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. General music is required until grade...






6. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






7. Occur in all parts.






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






9. Made smaller.






10. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






11. 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.






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






13. Distance between any two notes






14. American Choral Director's Association






15. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






16. Scale made entirely of semitones.






17. Pick up bar.






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






19. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






20. Made larger.






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






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






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






24. American Bandmaster's Association






25. American String Teachers Assocation






26. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






27. Alto and tenor clefs






28. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






29. B- B






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






36. Maelzel's Metronome






37. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






38. Glissando in jazz music






39. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






40. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






41. Without key center






42. An unessential note that falls on the beat






43. Glissando in vocal music






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






45. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






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






47. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






48. 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.






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






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