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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. E- E






2. Glissando in jazz music






3. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






4. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






5. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






6. 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.






7. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






10. Organization of musical notes in time.






11. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






13. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






14. B- B






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. D- D






22. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






23. Another word for key.






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






25. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






29. Distance between any two notes






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






31. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






34. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






35. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






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

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






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






42. A- A






43. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






44. C- C






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






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






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






48. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






49. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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