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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






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






3. Maelzel's Metronome






4. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






7. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






8. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






9. Pick up bar.






10. 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.






11. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






12. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






14. Background support for a melody.






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






16. 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.






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






18. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






21. D- D






22. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






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






26. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






27. Made smaller.






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






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






30. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






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






32. 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.






33. Journal of Research for Music Education






34. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






36. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






37. IV - I






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






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






40. Chord without a third.






41. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






42. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






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






44. C- C






45. American String Teachers Assocation






46. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






48. Glissando in vocal music






49. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






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