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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






8. Pick up bar.






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






10. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






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






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






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






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






15. A- A






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






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






18. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






19. F- F






20. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






21. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






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






24. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






25. Tone color or quality of sound.






26. Occur in all parts.






27. G- G






28. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






29. 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.






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






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






32. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






33. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






36. American Choral Director's Association






37. Interval of less than a semitone






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






39. Natural Pitch






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






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






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






43. Middle C






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






45. 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.






46. I - V ii - V IV - V






47. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






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






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






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