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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






4. Another word for key.






5. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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






8. Made larger.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. B- B






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






16. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






17. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






18. A- A






19. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






20. 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.






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






22. IV - I






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






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






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






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






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






28. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






30. General music is required until grade...






31. Chord without a third.






32. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






33. Alto and tenor clefs






34. 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.






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






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






37. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






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






39. American Bandmaster's Association






40. Background support for a melody.






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






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






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






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






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






46. V - I






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






48. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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