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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Pitch
Chromatic
ASCAP
Cross Rhythm
2. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Bye - tones
Kodaly Method
Blues
Contrary motion
3. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Antiphonal
Accidentals
Five finger exercise
Dominant
4. 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.
Pedal Point
Phrase
Rhythmic Imitation
Inverted Pedal
5. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Binary form
Arco
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Tenor
6. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Reasons for Transposing
Locrian
Note that is transposing figured around
Canon
7. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Rondo Form
Harmony
Passing Notes
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
8. 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.
Accompaniment
Augmented
Concert pitch
Motif
9. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Mixolydian
Accented Passing Note
Augmented
Auxiliary Notes
10. B- B
Cross Rhythm
Consonance
Locrian
Cor Anglais Transposition
11. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Cross Rhythm
45
Unrelated Chord
Relative (Major/Minor)
12. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.
Leading Note
Major Scale Semitones
Rhythmic Imitation
Augmented
13. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Melodic Minor Scale
Accompaniment
Leading Note
Rhythmic displacement
14. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Coda
Whole Tone Scale
Programme Music
Relative (Major/Minor)
15. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Bassoon
Plagal Cadence
16. Made larger.
Kodaly Method
Plagal Cadence
Augmented
Tenor
17. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Programme Music
Tonic Minor
Relative (Major/Minor)
18. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Auxiliary Notes
Irregular rhythm
Locrian
Introduction
19. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Kodaly Method
Cadence
Supertonic
ASTA
20. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Augmentation
Notes of Anticipation
Fragmentation
Harmonic Minor Scale
21. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.
Interrupted Cadence
Inverted Pedal
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Irregular rhythm
22. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
5
Aeolian
Chromatic
Absolute Music
23. 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.
Friedrich Froebel
B flat instruments
Fanfare
Hammer on
24. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
Concert pitch
Notes of Anticipation
Timbre
Tonic
25. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Homophonic
Hocket
Imitation by Inversion
Retrograde
26. 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.
Figured Bass
Cadence
Alto Clef
Imitation
27. Glissando in jazz music
Repetition
Smear
Articulation
Natural Minor Scale
28. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Syncopation
A instruments
Phrygian
Stretto
29. G- G
Mixolydian
Alto Clef
Arco
Aeolian
30. C- C
Kodaly
Smear
Ionian
Dissonance
31. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melodic Sequences
Bye - tones
Semitone
Relative (Major/Minor)
32. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Binary form
Ostinato
Leading Note
Dissonance
33. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Extension
Alto Clef
Harmonic Minor Scale
Pitch
34. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.
Harmonic Minor Scale
45
Five finger exercise
8
35. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Polyphonic
Riff
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Diminution
36. American Bandmaster's Association
ASTA
C instruments
ABA
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
37. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
Leading Note
Sequence
Repetition
Alto Clef
38. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Harmonic
Dalcroze
Programme Music
Inversions of chords
39. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Irregular rhythm
Interrupted Cadence
Absolute Music
Real Sequence
40. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Plagal Cadence
Unrelated Chord
Irregular rhythm
Relative (Major/Minor)
41. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal
Rhythmic displacement
Bassoon
Hammer on
Melodic Minor Scale
42. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Subdominant
Cadence
Inverted Pedal
Semitone
43. F- F
Kodaly Method
Riff
Cadence
Lydian
44. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Tonal Sequence
Tonality
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Augmented
45. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Antiphonal
Contrary motion
Glissando
46. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Riff
Accented Passing Note
Arpeggio
Absolute Music
47. Glissando in vocal music
Portamento
Cross Rhythm
Semitone
Contrary motion
48. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
B flat instruments
Mediant
Microtone
Notes of Anticipation
49. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Harmony
Stretto
Hammer on
50. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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