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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






5. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






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






7. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






8. G- G






9. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






11. Highest natural adult male voice






12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






13. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






14. V - vi






15. I - V ii - V IV - V






16. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






17. 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.






18. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






19. IV - I






20. C- C






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






22. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






24. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






25. 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.






26. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






27. Chord without a third.






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






29. Occur in all parts.






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






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






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






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






34. Journal of Research for Music Education






35. I - IV - V






36. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






37. A- A






38. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






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






40. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






41. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






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






45. How high or low a note is.






46. Sounds a minor third higher.






47. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






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






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