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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Without key center






3. G- G






4. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






5. I - V ii - V IV - V






6. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






9. Highest natural adult male voice






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






11. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






12. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






15. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






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






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






20. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






22. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






24. V - vi






25. 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.






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






27. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






28. 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.






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






30. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






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






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






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






34. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






36. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






38. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






41. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






42. Glissando in vocal music






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






44. Chord without a third.






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






46. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






47. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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






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






50. 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.