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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Background support for a melody.






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






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






6. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






7. I - IV - V






8. C- C






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Maelzel's Metronome






21. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






23. Middle C






24. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






25. Another word for key.






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






27. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






29. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






32. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






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






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






35. An unessential note that falls on the beat






36. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






37. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






38. Made larger.






39. Highest natural adult male voice






40. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






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






42. American Choral Director's Association






43. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






44. V - I






45. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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






48. Third tone in a major or minor scale






49. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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