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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






7. 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.






8. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






9. Glissando in vocal music






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






11. 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.






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






13. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






14. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






15. 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.






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






17. American Bandmaster's Association






18. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






19. A- A






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






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






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






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






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






25. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






28. Third tone in a major or minor scale






29. Combination of aggreable tones.






30. Tone color or quality of sound.






31. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






32. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






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






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






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






36. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






38. F- F






39. An unessential note that falls on the beat






40. 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.






41. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






42. How high or low a note is.






43. 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.






44. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






45. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






46. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






47. American Choral Director's Association






48. Glissando in jazz music






49. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






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