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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






3. Pick up bar.






4. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






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






8. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Natural Pitch






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






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






18. American Choral Director's Association






19. Without key center






20. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






21. Interval of less than a semitone






22. 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.






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






24. Second tone in a major/minor scale






25. D- D






26. Glissando in vocal music






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






28. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






29. An unessential note that falls on the beat






30. C- C






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






32. Made larger.






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






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






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






36. Tone color or quality of sound.






37. G- G






38. 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.






39. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Occur in all parts.






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






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






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






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






50. V - I