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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. American String Teachers Assocation






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






4. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






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






6. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






7. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






10. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






11. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






12. Background support for a melody.






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






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






15. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






17. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






19. 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.






20. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






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






22. C- C






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






24. Made larger.






25. Maelzel's Metronome






26. 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.






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






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






29. Sounds a minor third higher.






30. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






31. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






32. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






33. A- A






34. Occur in all parts.






35. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






41. V - I






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






43. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






44. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






45. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






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






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






48. Sounds minor seventh higher.






49. Tone color or quality of sound.






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