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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. F- F
Kodaly
Kodaly Method
Lydian
Tenor Clef
2. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Friedrich Froebel
Tempo
Accented Passing Note
Smear
3. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Kodaly Method
Retrograde
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Accidentals
4. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Real Sequence
French Horn Transposition
Rhythmic Imitation
ACDA
5. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Reasons for Transposing
Unrelated Chord
Primary Triads
Microtone
6. V - vi
Motif
Interrupted Cadence
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Tonic Minor
7. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Extension
Dominant
Auxiliary Notes
Smear
8. V - I
AOSA
B flat instruments
Diminution
Perfect Cadence
9. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
Tenor Clef
Relative (Major/Minor)
Syncopation
ASCAP
10. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Semitone
C Clefs
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Alto Clef
11. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Kodaly
Five finger exercise
Blues
Arpeggio
12. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Harmonic Minor Scale
Semitone
Melody
Glissando
13. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
Real Sequence
Hammer on
Countermelody
Instruments that transpose at the octave
14. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Pulse
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Auxiliary Notes
Inverted Pedal
15. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Pulse
Cadence
Pentatonic Scale
Contrary motion
16. General music is required until grade...
Arco
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Pull off
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17. American Choral Director's Association
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Absolute Music
ACDA
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
18. Made smaller.
Dorian Mode
Diminished
Development
Ternary Form
19. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.
B flat Bass Transposition
Imitation
Ostinato
Locrian
20. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Bye - tones
Arpeggio
Dalcroze
Pitch
21. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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22. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Polytonality
Passing Notes
Instruments that transpose at the octave
MM
23. Pick up bar.
Contrary motion
Anacrusis
Rondo Form
Syncopation
24. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
ABA
Enharmonic
Auxiliary Notes
B flat Bass Transposition
25. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.
ASCAP
C instruments
Timbre
Friedrich Froebel
26. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Harmonic Sequences
Imitation by Inversion
Dominant
Appoggiaturas
27. 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.
JRME
Riff
Fanfare
Consonance
28. Highest natural adult male voice
Interrupted Cadence
Cor Anglais Transposition
Ternary Form
Tenor
29. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Tonal Sequence
Supertonic
Cross Rhythm
Notes of Anticipation
30. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Harmonic
Submediant
Rubato
Phrase
31. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Figured Bass
Accidentals
Cross Rhythm
Alto Clef
32. 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.
Smear
Harmonic
Motif
Hammer on
33. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Alberti Bass
Polyphonic
Kodaly Method
34. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Submediant
Register
Reasons for Transposing
Motif
35. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Leading Note
Accented Passing Note
Portamento
Imitation by Inversion
36. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Homophonic
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
JRME
Tonic Minor
37. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
Homophonic
Dominant
Pitch
38. Distance between any two notes
Imperfect Cadence
Interrupted Cadence
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Interval
39. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Tonality
Harmony
Pentatonic Scale
Antiphonal
40. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melodic Sequences
Introduction
Ostinato
Microtone
41. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Countermelody
Pull off
Imitation
Chromatic Scale
42. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Kodaly
Primary Triads
ASCAP
Augmentation
43. Made larger.
Harmony
Atonal
Augmented
Tonal Sequence
44. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
JRME
Accidentals
Bennet Reimer
Imitation by Inversion
45. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Diminution
Dalcroze
Rhythmic displacement
Auxiliary Notes
46. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
A instruments
Notes of Anticipation
Development
MM
47. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Chromatic Scale
Submediant
Stretto
Rhythm
48. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Melodic Minor Scale
Comenius
Arco
Texture
49. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Bassoon
Mixolydian
Alberti Bass
Sequence
50. C- C
Rondo Form
Alto Clef
Ionian
Imitation