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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.






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






3. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






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.






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






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






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






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.






9. An unessential note that falls on the beat






10. B- B






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






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






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






14. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






16. Made larger.






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






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






19. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






21. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






22. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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.






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






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






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.






27. Glissando in jazz music






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






29. G- G






30. C- C






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






32. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






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






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






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






36. American Bandmaster's Association






37. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






39. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






42. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






43. F- F






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






45. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






46. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






47. Glissando in vocal music






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






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






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

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