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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






3. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






5. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






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






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. Maelzel's Metronome






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






10. 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.






11. Pick up bar.






12. Glissando in jazz music






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






14. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






16. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






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






18. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






19. General music is required until grade...






20. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






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






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






24. Sounds minor seventh higher.






25. Scale made entirely of semitones.






26. Combination of aggreable tones.






27. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






28. Chord without a third.






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






30. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






31. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






32. Glissando in vocal music






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






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






35. Without key center






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






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






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






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






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






41. IV - I






42. 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.






43. V - I






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






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






46. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






47. E- E






48. American String Teachers Assocation






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






50. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale