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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






3. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






5. V - vi






6. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






7. D- D






8. IV - I






9. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






11. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






12. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






15. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






16. Another word for key.






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






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






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






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






21. Background support for a melody.






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






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






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

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30. 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.






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






32. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






33. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






34. E- E






35. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






38. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






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






42. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






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






44. 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.






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






46. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






47. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






48. How high or low a note is.






49. 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.






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