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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






2. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






3. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






4. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






6. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






7. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






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






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






10. Occur in all parts.






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






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






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






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






15. G- G






16. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






18. Distance between any two notes






19. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






21. American Choral Director's Association






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






23. Second tone in a major/minor scale






24. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






25. 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.






26. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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






28. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






29. 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.






30. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






31. E- E






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






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






40. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






41. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






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






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






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






45. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






46. 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.






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






48. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






50. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale