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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






4. Pick up bar.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






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






10. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






11. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






14. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






15. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






17. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






18. How high or low a note is.






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

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






21. D- D






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






23. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Organization of musical notes in time.






31. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






32. General music is required until grade...






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






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






35. An unessential note that falls on the beat






36. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






37. G- G






38. V - I






39. F- F






40. Distance between any two notes






41. 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.






42. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






45. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






46. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






49. 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.






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