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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Between 3/4 and 7/8






2. Tone color or quality of sound.






3. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






5. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






6. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






8. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






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






10. How high or low a note is.






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






12. Second tone in a major/minor scale






13. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






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






15. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






16. Sounds a minor third higher.






17. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






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






19. 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.






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






21. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






22. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






23. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






24. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






25. American String Teachers Assocation






26. Chord without a third.






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






28. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






30. Glissando in vocal music






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






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






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






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






35. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






36. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






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






39. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






41. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






43. 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.






44. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






45. V - I






46. Interval of less than a semitone






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






48. 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.






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






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