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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. Organization of musical notes in time.






5. D- D






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






7. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






9. How high or low a note is.






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






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






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






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






14. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






15. American Choral Director's Association






16. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






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






20. Sounds a minor third higher.






21. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






23. G- G






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






25. I - IV - V






26. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






28. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






30. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






31. Highest natural adult male voice






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






33. Chord without a third.






34. Made larger.






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






36. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






37. American String Teachers Assocation






38. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






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






42. Background support for a melody.






43. Between 3/4 and 7/8






44. Maelzel's Metronome






45. Interval of less than a semitone






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






47. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






48. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






50. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones