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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Combination of aggreable tones.






2. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






3. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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






9. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






10. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






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






12. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






13. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






16. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






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






20. Between 3/4 and 7/8






21. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






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






23. I - IV - V






24. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






25. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






27. 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.






28. Natural Pitch






29. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






30. IV - I






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






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






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






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






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






36. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






37. B- B






38. 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.






39. Middle C






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






41. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






42. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






48. 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.






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






50. Sounds a minor third higher.